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Effect of dengue mosquito control insecticide thermal fogging on non-target insects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2016

K.G. Thilanka N. Abeyasuriya ,
N.W. Nalaka P. Nugapola ,
M. Devika B. Perera ,
W.A. Inoka P. Karunaratne  and
S.H.P. Parakrama Karunaratne
K.G. Thilanka N. Abeyasuriya
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
N.W. Nalaka P. Nugapola
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
M. Devika B. Perera
Affiliation:
Regional Office, Anti-malaria Campaign, Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
W.A. Inoka P. Karunaratne
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
S.H.P. Parakrama Karunaratne
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hantana Rd., Kandy, Sri Lanka
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Abstract

Dengue vector control programmes are mainly focused on insecticide fogging/space spraying to control adult Aedes mosquito vector populations. Due to the diurnal habit of the vectors, spraying is routinely conducted during the day when many other insect species are also active. This study reports the simultaneous effect of fogging on non-target insects by direct counting of knockdown in the insect population. Eight fogging treatments were conducted in two sites in Kurunegala District of Sri Lanka. Pesguard insecticide was sprayed in each treatment for 8 minutes according to the standard methodology and the ‘knockdown insects’ were collected on randomly spread polyethythene sheets (10 m2). A total of 3884 insects (24.3 insects per treatment per m2) belonging to 12 orders were collected and 12.44% of them recovered during a 24-hr recovery period. Diptera was the most affected insect order (36%) followed by Collembola (30%) and Thysanoptera (17%). Out of the 31 mosquitoes (<1%) collected, only two (<0.1%) belonged to the genus Aedes. Body length of 93% of the affected insects ranged from 0.35 mm to 1.8 mm. Positive controls using the WHO standard cage bioassays with the mosquito Ae. albopictus (n = 417) and the stingless bee Trigona iridipennis (n = 122) showed 100% initial knockdown, and 83.5% mosquito and 93.5% bee mortalities after the recovery period. The study shows that insecticide fogging does have a severe effect on non-target insects such as pollinators; therefore, fogging operations should be done in a controlled manner and indiscriminate fogging should be avoided.

Keywords

Insecticide foggingpesguardAedes mosquitoesdengue controlnon-target insects
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Research Paper
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , March 2017 , pp. 11 - 18
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Copyright © icipe 2016 

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