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Assessing the acute toxicity of insecticides to the buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris audax)
The buff-tailed bumblebee, Bombus terrestris audax is an important pollinator within both landscape ecosystems and agricultural crops. During their lifetime bumblebees are regularly challenged by various environmental stressors including insecticides. Historically the honey bee (Apis mellifera spp.)...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7294345/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32448417 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pestbp.2020.104562 |
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author | Reid, Rebecca J. Troczka, Bartlomiej J. Kor, Laura Randall, Emma Williamson, Martin S. Field, Linda M. Nauen, Ralf Bass, Chris Davies, T.G. Emyr |
author_facet | Reid, Rebecca J. Troczka, Bartlomiej J. Kor, Laura Randall, Emma Williamson, Martin S. Field, Linda M. Nauen, Ralf Bass, Chris Davies, T.G. Emyr |
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description | The buff-tailed bumblebee, Bombus terrestris audax is an important pollinator within both landscape ecosystems and agricultural crops. During their lifetime bumblebees are regularly challenged by various environmental stressors including insecticides. Historically the honey bee (Apis mellifera spp.) has been used as an ‘indicator’ species for ‘standard’ ecotoxicological testing, but it has been suggested that it is not always a good proxy for other eusocial or solitary bees. To investigate this, the susceptibility of B. terrestris to selected pesticides within the neonicotinoid, pyrethroid and organophosphate classes was examined using acute insecticide bioassays. Acute oral and topical LD(50) values for B. terrestris against these insecticides were broadly consistent with published results for A. mellifera. For the neonicotinoids, imidacloprid was highly toxic, but thiacloprid and acetamiprid were practically non-toxic. For pyrethroids, deltamethrin was highly toxic, but tau-fluvalinate only slightly toxic. For the organophosphates, chlorpyrifos was highly toxic, but coumaphos practically non-toxic. Bioassays using insecticides with common synergists enhanced the sensitivity of B. terrestris to several insecticides, suggesting detoxification enzymes may provide a level of protection against these compounds. The sensitivity of B. terrestris to compounds within three different insecticide classes is similar to that reported for honey bees, with marked variation in sensitivity to different insecticides within the same insecticide class observed in both species. This finding highlights the need to consider each compound within an insecticide class in isolation rather than extrapolating between different insecticides in the same class or sharing the same mode of action. |
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spelling | pubmed-72943452020-06-17 Assessing the acute toxicity of insecticides to the buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris audax) Reid, Rebecca J. Troczka, Bartlomiej J. Kor, Laura Randall, Emma Williamson, Martin S. Field, Linda M. Nauen, Ralf Bass, Chris Davies, T.G. Emyr Pestic Biochem Physiol Article The buff-tailed bumblebee, Bombus terrestris audax is an important pollinator within both landscape ecosystems and agricultural crops. During their lifetime bumblebees are regularly challenged by various environmental stressors including insecticides. Historically the honey bee (Apis mellifera spp.) has been used as an ‘indicator’ species for ‘standard’ ecotoxicological testing, but it has been suggested that it is not always a good proxy for other eusocial or solitary bees. To investigate this, the susceptibility of B. terrestris to selected pesticides within the neonicotinoid, pyrethroid and organophosphate classes was examined using acute insecticide bioassays. Acute oral and topical LD(50) values for B. terrestris against these insecticides were broadly consistent with published results for A. mellifera. For the neonicotinoids, imidacloprid was highly toxic, but thiacloprid and acetamiprid were practically non-toxic. For pyrethroids, deltamethrin was highly toxic, but tau-fluvalinate only slightly toxic. For the organophosphates, chlorpyrifos was highly toxic, but coumaphos practically non-toxic. Bioassays using insecticides with common synergists enhanced the sensitivity of B. terrestris to several insecticides, suggesting detoxification enzymes may provide a level of protection against these compounds. The sensitivity of B. terrestris to compounds within three different insecticide classes is similar to that reported for honey bees, with marked variation in sensitivity to different insecticides within the same insecticide class observed in both species. This finding highlights the need to consider each compound within an insecticide class in isolation rather than extrapolating between different insecticides in the same class or sharing the same mode of action. Academic Press 2020-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7294345/ /pubmed/32448417 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pestbp.2020.104562 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Reid, Rebecca J. Troczka, Bartlomiej J. Kor, Laura Randall, Emma Williamson, Martin S. Field, Linda M. Nauen, Ralf Bass, Chris Davies, T.G. Emyr Assessing the acute toxicity of insecticides to the buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris audax) |
title | Assessing the acute toxicity of insecticides to the buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris audax) |
title_full | Assessing the acute toxicity of insecticides to the buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris audax) |
title_fullStr | Assessing the acute toxicity of insecticides to the buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris audax) |
title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the acute toxicity of insecticides to the buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris audax) |
title_short | Assessing the acute toxicity of insecticides to the buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris audax) |
title_sort | assessing the acute toxicity of insecticides to the buff-tailed bumblebee (bombus terrestris audax) |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7294345/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32448417 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pestbp.2020.104562 |
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