ArticleCommunications biology2020
Long-term effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on ants.
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- Combined Neurotoxic Effects of Commercial Formulations of Pyrethroid (Deltamethrin) and Neonicotinoid (Imidacloprid) Pesticides on Adult Zebrafish (Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Hormetic response to pesticides in diapausing bees.Biology letters · 2025Article
- Colony environment and absence of brood enhance tolerance to a neonicotinoid in winter honey bee workers, Apis mellifera.Ecotoxicology (London, England) · 2024Article
- Low concentrations of acetamiprid, deltamethrin, and sulfoxaflor, three commonly used insecticides, adversely affect ant queen survival and egg laying.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Regard and protect ground-nesting pollinators as part of soil biodiversity.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2022Article
- Thiamethoxam as an inadvertent anti-aphrodisiac in male bees.Toxicology reports · 2022Article
- Varying impact of neonicotinoid insecticide and acute bee paralysis virus across castes and colonies of black garden ants, Lasius niger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Commentary: Novel strategies and new tools to curtail the health effects of pesticides.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2021Article
- Individual vs. Combined Short-Term Effects of Soil Pollutants on Colony Founding in a Common Ant Species.Frontiers in insect science · 2021Article
- Positive Correlation between Pesticide Consumption and Longevity in Solitary Bees: Are We Overlooking Fitness Trade-Offs?Insects · 2020Article
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Abstract
The widespread prophylactic usage of neonicotinoid insecticides has a clear impact on non-target organisms. However, the possible effects of long-term exposure on soil-dwelling organisms are still poorly understood especially for social insects with long-living queens. Here, we show that effects of chronic exposure to the neonicotinoid thiamethoxam on black garden ant colonies, Lasius niger, become visible before the second overwintering. Queens and workers differed in the residue-ratio of thiamethoxam to its metabolite clothianidin, suggesting that queens may have a superior detoxification system. Even though thiamethoxam did not affect queen mortality, neonicotinoid-exposed colonies showed a reduced number of workers and larvae indicating a trade-off between detoxification and fertility. Since colony size is a key for fitness, our data suggest long-term impacts of neonicotinoids on these organisms. This should be accounted for in future environmental and ecological risk assessments of neonicotinoid applications to prevent irreparable damages to ecosystems.
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