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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
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SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-27601-1
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Neonicotinoids; Unintended sublethal effects; Asymmetric fluctuations; Insect reproduction
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We evaluated the susceptibility of Chironomus columbiensis larvae to the neonicotinoid imidacloprid and found that chronic sublethal exposure reduced male body mass and reproduction, while acute sublethal exposure during the first instar increased male body mass. In addition, different exposure types and developmental stages had different effects on the wing properties of male and female mosquitoes.
The use of imidacloprid is a common pest control practice in the Neotropical region. However, the imidacloprid unintended sublethal effects on Neotropical aquatic non-target arthropods and undesirable consequences for aquatic environments remain unclear. Here, we assessed the susceptibility of Chironomus columbiensis (Diptera: Chironomidae) larvae to the neonicotinoid imidacloprid and evaluated whether sublethal exposure types would trigger sex-dependent adaptive responses (e.g., emergence, body mass, reproduction, wing morphology). We conducted a concentration-mortality curve (96 h of exposure) and established chronic and acute sublethal exposure bioassays. While chronic sublethal exposures consisted of exposing individuals during their entire larval and pupal stages, the acute sublethal exposures represented a single short duration (24 h) exposure episode during either the first or fourth larval instar. Our results revealed that chronic sublethal exposure reduced the body mass of males, while acute sublethal exposures during the first instar resulted in heavier males than those that were not exposed to imidacloprid. Chronic exposure also reduced the reproduction of males and females, while the acute sublethal exposure only affected the reproduction of individuals that were imidacloprid-exposed on their later larval instar. Chronic and acute sublethal exposures did differentially affect the wing properties of C. columbiensis males (e.g., increased size when chronically exposed and highly asymmetric wings when acutely exposed in early larval phase) and females (e.g., highly asymmetric wings when chronically and acutely exposed). Collectively, our findings demonstrated that imidacloprid can cause unintended sublethal effects on C. columbiensis, and those effects are dependent on sex, exposure type, and developmental stage.
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