Nonlethal Effects of Pesticides on Web-Building Spiders Might Account for Rapid Mosquito Population Rebound after Spray Application
Spiders are important population regulators of insect pests that spread human disease and damage crops. Nonlethal pesticide exposure is known to affect behavior of arthropods. For spiders such effects include the inability to repair their webs or capture prey. In this study, nonlethal exposure of Ma...
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| description | Spiders are important population regulators of insect pests that spread human disease and damage crops. Nonlethal pesticide exposure is known to affect behavior of arthropods. For spiders such effects include the inability to repair their webs or capture prey. In this study, nonlethal exposure of Mabel’s orchard spider (<i>Leucauge argyrobapta</i>) to the synthetic pyrethroid permethrin, via web application, interfered with web reconstruction and mosquito capture ability for 1–3 days. The timing of this loss-of-predator ecosystem function corresponds to the rapid population rebound of the yellow fever mosquito (<i>Aedes aegypti</i>) following insecticide application to control arbovirus epidemics. We suggest this temporal association is functional and propose that follow-up study be conducted to evaluate its significance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b4c06a28ce2f411abd1ce6cd072985802023-12-03T12:11:26ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172021-02-01114136010.3390/app11041360Nonlethal Effects of Pesticides on Web-Building Spiders Might Account for Rapid Mosquito Population Rebound after Spray ApplicationStefan N. Rhoades0Philip K. Stoddard1Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St., Miami, FL 33199, USAInstitute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St., Miami, FL 33199, USASpiders are important population regulators of insect pests that spread human disease and damage crops. Nonlethal pesticide exposure is known to affect behavior of arthropods. For spiders such effects include the inability to repair their webs or capture prey. In this study, nonlethal exposure of Mabel’s orchard spider (<i>Leucauge argyrobapta</i>) to the synthetic pyrethroid permethrin, via web application, interfered with web reconstruction and mosquito capture ability for 1–3 days. The timing of this loss-of-predator ecosystem function corresponds to the rapid population rebound of the yellow fever mosquito (<i>Aedes aegypti</i>) following insecticide application to control arbovirus epidemics. We suggest this temporal association is functional and propose that follow-up study be conducted to evaluate its significance.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1360<i>Aedes aegypti</i><i>Leucauge argyrobapta</i>nontarget effectspermethrinpyrethroidTetragnathidae |
| spellingShingle | Stefan N. Rhoades Philip K. Stoddard Nonlethal Effects of Pesticides on Web-Building Spiders Might Account for Rapid Mosquito Population Rebound after Spray Application Applied Sciences <i>Aedes aegypti</i> <i>Leucauge argyrobapta</i> nontarget effects permethrin pyrethroid Tetragnathidae |
| title | Nonlethal Effects of Pesticides on Web-Building Spiders Might Account for Rapid Mosquito Population Rebound after Spray Application |
| title_full | Nonlethal Effects of Pesticides on Web-Building Spiders Might Account for Rapid Mosquito Population Rebound after Spray Application |
| title_fullStr | Nonlethal Effects of Pesticides on Web-Building Spiders Might Account for Rapid Mosquito Population Rebound after Spray Application |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nonlethal Effects of Pesticides on Web-Building Spiders Might Account for Rapid Mosquito Population Rebound after Spray Application |
| title_short | Nonlethal Effects of Pesticides on Web-Building Spiders Might Account for Rapid Mosquito Population Rebound after Spray Application |
| title_sort | nonlethal effects of pesticides on web building spiders might account for rapid mosquito population rebound after spray application |
| topic | <i>Aedes aegypti</i> <i>Leucauge argyrobapta</i> nontarget effects permethrin pyrethroid Tetragnathidae |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1360 |
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