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Effect of imidacloprid and fipronil pesticide application on Sympetrum infuscatum (Libellulidae: Odonata) larvae and adults

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The effect of imidacloprid and fipronil on Sympetrum infuscatum larvae and adults during the rice cultivation period was monitored using an experimental micro-paddy lysimeter (MPL) system. Twenty-two hatched larvae were laid on the soil surface of each MPL. MPLs were treated with imidacloprid, fipronil, and the control MPL was left untreated. The pesticide concentration, S. infuscatum larval and adult populations, and larval emergence time were monitored in each MPL. The maximum imidacloprid and fipronil concentration in paddy water was 52.8 μg/l at 1 day, and 1.3 μg/l at 6 h, respectively, after the pesticide application. Both pesticides dissipated quickly in paddy water, with half-lives of 8.8 and 5.4 days for imidacloprid and fipronil, respectively. The absence of S. infuscatum larvae and exuviae in the fipronil-treated MPL was remarkable. The larval survival decreased to 63.6 ± 18.2, 15.2 ± 2.6, and 0% in the control, imidacloprid-treated, and fipronil-treated MPLs, respectively, by 9 days after pesticide application. Emergence in the imidacloprid-treated MPL was also significantly lower than that in the control MPL. The observed decrease in the abundances of S. infuscatum larvae and adults in MPLs seems to be both directly and indirectly associated with nursery-box application of fipronil and imidacloprid.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Kyoko Jinguji and Mitsuo Saito for assistance with MPL experiments. This study was supported primarily by a Grant-in-Aid for Biological Studies on Wildlife under the Framework ExTEND2005, and a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (22580278) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

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  1. School of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Miyagi University, 2-2-1 Hatatate, Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 982-0215, Japan

    Hiroshi Jinguji

  2. United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183-8509, Japan

    Dang Quoc Thuyet & Hirozumi Watanabe

  3. Environmental Sciences, Ishikawa Prefectural College, 1 Suematsu, Nonoshi, Ishikawa, 921-8836, Japan

    Tetsuyuki Uéda

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Jinguji, H., Thuyet, D.Q., Uéda, T. et al. Effect of imidacloprid and fipronil pesticide application on Sympetrum infuscatum (Libellulidae: Odonata) larvae and adults. Paddy Water Environ 11, 277–284 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10333-012-0317-3

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