Optimization of treatment blocking the gustatory sense and feeding ethogram of red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) to sugar

Jaleel, Waqar; Li, Qunchen; Khan, Khalid Ali; Khan, Farmanur Rahman; Ullah, Farman; Azad, Rashid; Shi, Qingxing; Qi, Guojun; Lyu, Lihua

doi:10.1016/j.jksus.2021.101555

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“…The taste organs of house flies are predominantly located on the labellum at the tip of the proboscis and on the tarsi [ 18 , 30 ]. Taste receptors on the legs are common among many insects, including Lepidoptera [ 31 ], Hymenoptera [ 32 ], Orthoptera [ 33 ], Coleoptera [ 34 ], and Blattodea [ 11 , 35 ].…”

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Use of the Proboscis Extension Response Assay to Evaluate the Mechanism of House Fly Behavioral Resistance to Imidacloprid

D’Arco,

Maistrello,

Hubbard

et al. 2024

Insects

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The house fly, Musca domestica L., is a significant human and livestock pest. Experiments used female adult house flies glued onto toothpicks for controlled exposure of their tarsi alone (tarsal assay) or their tarsi and proboscis (proboscis assay) with a sucrose solution containing imidacloprid at either a low (10 µg/mL) or high (4000 µg/mL) concentration. Proboscis extension response (PER) assays were used to characterize the response of imidacloprid-susceptible and behaviorally resistant house fly strains to contact with sucrose solutions containing either a low or high concentration of imidacloprid. In each assay, 150 female flies from each fly strain were individually exposed to sucrose solutions containing either a low or high concentration of imidacloprid by deliberate contact of the fly tarsi to the test solution. The PER for each fly was subsequently recorded at 0, 2, and 10 s following the initial tarsal contact. A significant and rapid reduction in PER was observed only for the behaviorally resistant fly strain and only following contact by the flies’ proboscis with the sucrose solution containing the high imidacloprid concentration. The results suggest that chemoreceptors on the fly labellum or internally on the pharyngeal taste organs are involved in the detection of imidacloprid and discrimination of the concentration, resulting in an avoidance behavior (proboscis retraction) only when imidacloprid is at sufficient concentration. Further research is needed to identify the specific receptor(s) responsible for imidacloprid detection.

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Use of the Proboscis Extension Response Assay to Evaluate the Mechanism of House Fly Behavioral Resistance to Imidacloprid

D’Arco,

Maistrello,

Hubbard

et al. 2024

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“…These pesticides are used primarily as stomach poisons in bait products or as contact insecticides in scatter, wet, and dust products for areal and nest treatment [15]. Because of their delayed toxicity, which allows the active component to permeate throughout the colony, killing all the red imported fire ants in the nest [16,17], insecticidal baits are a common and successful technique for controlling red imported fire ants. Indoxacarb is currently the most extensively used pesticide for controlling red imported fire ants [18].…”

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Toxicity and Behavior-Altering Effects of Three Nanomaterials on Red Imported Fire Ants and Their Effectiveness in Combination with Indoxacarb

Ma,

Fu,

Zhang

et al. 2024

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The red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta Buren) is one of the 100 worst invasive alien species in the world. At present, the control of red imported fire ants is still mainly based on chemical control, and the most commonly used is indoxacarb bait. In this study, the contact and feeding toxicity of 16 kinds of nanomaterials to workers, larvae, and reproductive ants were evaluated after 24 h, 48 h, and 72 h. The results showed that the mortality of diatomite, Silica (raspberry-shaped), and multi-walled carbon nanotubes among workers reached 98.67%, 97.33%, and 68%, respectively, after contact treatment of 72 h. The mortality of both larval and reproductive ants was less than 20% after 72 h of treatment. All mortality rates in the fed treatment group were below 20% after 72 h. Subsequently, we evaluated the digging, corpse-removal, and foraging behaviors of workers after feeding with diatomite, Silica (raspberry-shaped), and multi-walled carbon nanotubes for 24 h, which yielded inhibitory effects on the behavior of red imported fire ants. The most effective was diatomite, which dramatically decreased the number of workers that dug, extended the time needed for worker ant corpse removal and foraging activities, decreased the number of workers that foraged, and decreased the weight of the food carried by the workers. In addition, we also evaluated the contact and feeding toxicity of these three nanomaterials in combination with indoxacarb on red imported fire ants. According to contact toxicity, after 12 h of contact treatment, the death rate among the red imported fire ants exposed to the three materials combined with indoxacarb reached more than 97%. After 72 h of exposure treatment, the mortality rate of larvae was more than 73% when the nanomaterial content was above 1% and 83% when the diatomite content was 0.5%, which was significantly higher than the 50% recorded in the indoxacarb control group. After 72 h of feeding treatment, the mortality of diatomite, Silica (raspberry-shaped), and multi-walled carbon nanotubes combined with indoxacarb reached 92%, 87%, and 98%, respectively. The death rates of the three kinds of composite ants reached 97%, 67%, and 87%, respectively. The three kinds of composite food had significant inhibitory effects on the behavior of workers, and the trend was largely consistent with the effect of nanomaterials alone. This study provides technical support for the application of nanomaterials in red imported fire ant control.

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“…The red imported fire ant (RIFA), Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), is considered a native social pest of South America and most notorious social pest in China (Jaleel et al, 2021a;Jaleel et al, 2021b;Lei et al, 2021;Vinson, 1997). Their mounds are frequently seen in patches with varying densities; 600 mounds per hectare have been seen (Lei et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Fire ants usually called "super pest" because of voracious impact on the social life of humans (Liu et al, 2021;Rashied et al, 2023). Workers of S. invicta are oil lovers and mostly feed on sugar foods (Jaleel et al, 2021a;Wang et al, 2018;Howard and Tschinkel, 1980), nonetheless, were impacted by numerous biotic and abiotic elements (Lei et al, 2021;Bockoven et al, 2015;Vogt et al, 2003). Fire ants workers prefer liquid food, such as oil and sugar solution, as compared to solid food (Cassill and Tschinkel, 1999;Jaleel et al, 2021b;Wen et al, 2021).…”

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Evaluating the Toxicity of Piperine, Azadirachtin, and Quercetin against Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Workers via Feeding Bioassay under Controlled Condition

Rashied,

Jaleel,

Ikhlaq

et al. 2023

Plant Prot.

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Exploration of effective management technique against Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) has gained the great concern of researchers because of its well-known negative impacts on public health, economic development and native biodiversity. Among various control measures, use of botanical extracts and essential oils are being highly focused because of eco-friendly in nature. Current study explains the effectiveness of three bioactive compounds including Piperine, Azadirachtin, Quercetin and all of their possible combinations against S. invicta workers. Sugar water (20% w/w) was used as solvent for these treatments. Data of mortality were recorded after every 24, 48 and 72 hours. Results revealed that all the treatments caused satisfied mortality in exposed fire ant workers. The mortality was directly proportional to concentrations and time of exposure in all treatments. Among all the treatments, Piperine and its combinations caused highest mortality of fire ant worker. This study will be more useful to future work regarding chemical ecology of social ants. The results of research presented great potential of these biopesticides against S. invicta.

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Optimization of treatment blocking the gustatory sense and feeding ethogram of red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) to sugar

Cited by 6 publications

References 34 publications

Use of the Proboscis Extension Response Assay to Evaluate the Mechanism of House Fly Behavioral Resistance to Imidacloprid

Use of the Proboscis Extension Response Assay to Evaluate the Mechanism of House Fly Behavioral Resistance to Imidacloprid

Toxicity and Behavior-Altering Effects of Three Nanomaterials on Red Imported Fire Ants and Their Effectiveness in Combination with Indoxacarb

Evaluating the Toxicity of Piperine, Azadirachtin, and Quercetin against Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Workers via Feeding Bioassay under Controlled Condition

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