Effects of residential energy-saving lamps on the attraction of nocturnal insects

Poiani, Silvana Beani; Dietrich, Colin; Barroso, A.; Costa–Leonardo, Ana Maria

doi:10.1177/1477153514526880

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“…Inasmuch as all light attracts arthropods, our finding that LEDs generally attract substantially fewer moths and other arthropods than a CFL with the same colour temperature is consistent with previous research [9,14,15,26,27]. It contradicts the broad claim by Pawson & Bader [33] that LEDs always worsen ecological light pollution, which was derived from comparisons of 4000 K LEDs to high-pressure sodium vapour lights (which have a lower colour temperature).…”

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“…Spectral composition of light influences degree of positive phototaxis for insects [14][15][16][17]. Differences in wavelength, colour saturation and brightness of light are the most important characteristics that influence insect attraction to lights [18].…”

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“…Most studies test representatives of different insect orders against specific wavelengths of light scattered across the spectrum or compare attraction for offthe-shelf lamps of various types and colour temperatures [7,9,15,33]. According to van Grunsven et al [14], only two studies contain continuous attraction spectra that provide relative attractiveness of each wavelength for an insect group (i.e.…”

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Tuning the white light spectrum of light emitting diode lamps to reduce attraction of nocturnal arthropods

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Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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Artificial lighting allows humans to be active at night, but has many unintended consequences, including interference with ecological processes, disruption of circadian rhythms and increased exposure to insect vectors of diseases. Although ultraviolet and blue light are usually most attractive to arthropods, degree of attraction varies among orders. With a focus on future indoor lighting applications, we manipulated the spectrum of white lamps to investigate the influence of spectral composition on number of arthropods attracted. We compared numbers of arthropods captured at three customizable light-emitting diode (LED) lamps (3510, 2704 and 2728 K), two commercial LED lamps (2700 K), two commercial compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs; 2700 K) and a control. We configured the three custom LEDs to minimize invertebrate attraction based on published attraction curves for honeybees and moths. Lamps were placed with pan traps at an urban and two rural study sites in Los Angeles, California. For all invertebrate orders combined, our custom LED configurations were less attractive than the commercial LED lamps or CFLs of similar colour temperatures. Thus, adjusting spectral composition of white light to minimize attracting nocturnal arthropods is feasible; not all lights with the same colour temperature are equally attractive to arthropods.

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Tuning the white light spectrum of light emitting diode lamps to reduce attraction of nocturnal arthropods

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“…Typically, insect vision is either di‐ or trichromatic, with peak sensitivities shifted toward the UV end of the EM spectrum (<380 nm) (Land & Nilsson, ). The emission of UV radiation is therefore likely to be the cause of greater insect attraction to CFL lights (Poiani, Dietrich, Barroso, & Costa‐Leonardo, ), but not for UV‐absent FIL bulbs. Without detailed information on the visual sensitivities of each species, it is unclear why insect attraction to the FIL light was significantly greater than to LEDs.…”

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Experimentally comparing the attractiveness of domestic lights to insects: Do LEDs attract fewer insects than conventional light types?

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Stone

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Ecology and Evolution

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LED lighting is predicted to constitute 70% of the outdoor and residential lighting markets by 2020. While the use of LEDs promotes energy and cost savings relative to traditional lighting technologies, little is known about the effects these broad‐spectrum “white” lights will have on wildlife, human health, animal welfare, and disease transmission. We conducted field experiments to compare the relative attractiveness of four commercially available “domestic” lights, one traditional (tungsten filament) and three modern (compact fluorescent, “cool‐white” LED and “warm‐white” LED), to aerial insects, particularly Diptera. We found that LEDs attracted significantly fewer insects than other light sources, but found no significant difference in attraction between the “cool‐” and “warm‐white” LEDs. Fewer flies were attracted to LEDs than alternate light sources, including fewer Culicoides midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Use of LEDs has the potential to mitigate disturbances to wildlife and occurrences of insect‐borne diseases relative to competing lighting technologies. However, we discuss the risks associated with broad‐spectrum lighting and net increases in lighting resulting from reduced costs of LED technology.

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“…The ranges for the parameters defining these templates (Table 1) were a priori determined from published sensitivity curves for different groups of insects (Beier & Menzel, 1972;Eguchi, Watanabe, Hariyama, & Yamamoto, 1982;Hu & Stark, 1980;Johnsen et al, 2006;Poiani, Dietrich, Barroso, & Costa-Leonardo, 2014;White, Xu, Münch, Bennett, & Grable, 2003;Yamaguchi, Desplan, & Heisenberg, 2010;Zufall, Schmitt, & Menzel, 1989). Peak height was set at 1 for the U absorption band and was free for the other two bands.…”

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Colors of attraction: Modeling insect flight to light behavior

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Light sources attract nocturnal flying insects, but some lamps attract more insects than others. The relation between the properties of a light source and the number of attracted insects is, however, poorly understood. We developed a model to quantify the attractiveness of light sources based on the spectral output. This model is fitted using data from field experiments that compare a large number of different light sources. We validated this model using two additional datasets, one for all insects and one excluding the numerous Diptera. Our model facilitates the development and application of light sources that attract fewer insects without the need for extensive field tests and it can be used to correct for spectral composition when formulating hypotheses on the ecological impact of artificial light. In addition, we present a tool allowing the conversion of the spectral output of light sources to their relative insect attraction based on this model.

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Effects of residential energy-saving lamps on the attraction of nocturnal insects

Cited by 17 publications

References 29 publications

Tuning the white light spectrum of light emitting diode lamps to reduce attraction of nocturnal arthropods

Tuning the white light spectrum of light emitting diode lamps to reduce attraction of nocturnal arthropods

Experimentally comparing the attractiveness of domestic lights to insects: Do LEDs attract fewer insects than conventional light types?

Colors of attraction: Modeling insect flight to light behavior

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