title: Non-target effects of clothianidin on monarch butterflies.
abstract: Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) frequently consume milkweed in and near agroecosystems and consequently may be exposed to pesticides like neonicotinoids. We conducted a dose response study to determine lethal and sublethal doses of clothianidin using a 36-h exposure scenario. We then quantified clothianidin levels found in milkweed leaves adjacent to maize fields. Toxicity assays revealed LC10, LC50, and LC90 values of 7.72, 15.63, and 30.70 ppb, respectively. Sublethal effects (larval size) were observed at 1 ppb. Contaminated milkweed plants had an average of 1.14±0.10 ppb clothianidin, with a maximum of 4 ppb in a single plant. This research suggests that clothianidin could function as a stressor to monarch populations.
authors.forename: Jacob R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Pecenka
authors.forename: Jonathan G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Lundgren
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002080:Butterflies / Q000187:drug effects*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity; D006146:Guanidines / Q000633:toxicity*; D007814:Larva / Q000187:drug effects; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D000073943:Neonicotinoids; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D006146:Guanidines; D000073943:Neonicotinoids; D013844:Thiazoles; C480342:clothianidin
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