Eur. J. Entomol. 116: 173-177, 2019 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2019.018

Effects of so-called "environmentally friendly" agrochemicals on the harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinel[l]idae)Note

Jana NIEDOBOVÁ1, Michal SKALSKÝ1,*, Zdeněk FALTÝNEK FRIC2, Vladimír HULA3, Martin BRTNICKÝ4
1 Research and Breeding Institute of Pomology Holovousy Ltd., Holovousy 129, 508 01 Hořice, Czech Republic; e-mails: naaudia@seznam.cz, michal.skalsky@vsuo.cz
2 Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, Branisovska 31, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic; e-mail: fric@entu.cas.cz
3 Department of Zoology, Fisheries, Hydrobiology and Apiculture, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic; e-mail: hula@mendelu.cz
4 Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic; e-mail: martin.brtnicky@seznam.cz

A variety of plant protection products and other agrochemicals are used in agro-ecosystems. Products approved for integrated pest management (IPM) or organic farming should have minimal negative side effects on beneficial insects. The Asian harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) has become a widespread and important generalist predator of certain agricultural pests, mainly aphids, throughout Europe. We studied the effects of two agrochemicals, Boundary SW® (auxiliary plant protection product) and Prev B2® (foliar boron fertilizer), usually regarded as "environmentally friendly" and known to have insecticidal side effects against some fruit and vegetable pests (e.g., aphids, spider mites, weevils), on the last larval instar and adults of Harmonia axyridis. The conventional organophosphate insecticide Reldan 22® was used as a chemical standard for evaluating the lethal effect, because this product is usually effective against a broad spectrum of insects, and indeed was immediately lethal for both the adults and larvae of this species. However, whereas Prev B2® had no effect, adult ladybirds sprayed with Boundary SW® survived only for up to 25 h and also none of the larvae completed their development. Thus, although our experiments were not made under natural conditions, the use of Boundary SW® cannot be recommended for IPM and organic farming in terms of safeguarding insect predators such as Harmonia axyridis until further more detailed testing.

Keywords: Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Harmonia axyridis, beneficial arthropod, integrated pest management, lethal effect, agrochemicals, Prev B2, Boundary SW

Received: January 10, 2019; Revised: May 15, 2019; Accepted: May 15, 2019; Published online: May 31, 2019  Show citation

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NIEDOBOVÁ, J., SKALSKÝ, M., FALTÝNEK FRIC, Z., HULA, V., & BRTNICKÝ, M. (2019). Effects of so-called "environmentally friendly" agrochemicals on the harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinel[l]idae). EJE, 116, Article 173-177. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2019.018
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