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Microplastics (MPs) are widespread pollutants of emerging concern, and the risks associated with their ingestion have been reported in many organisms. Terrestrial environments can be contaminated with MPs, and terrestrial organisms, including arthropods, are predisposed to the risk of ingesting MPs. In the current study, the larvae of the paper wasp Polistes satan were fed two different doses (6 mg or 16 mg at once) of polystyrene MPs (1.43 mm maximum length), and the effects of these treatments on immature development and survival till adult emergence were studied. Ingestion of the two doses resulted in mortality due to impaired defecation prior to pupation. The survival of larvae that ingested 16 mg of MPs was significantly lower than that of the control. The ingestion of 16 mg of MPs also reduced the adult emergence (11.4%) in comparison to the control (44.4%). MPs were not transferred from the larvae to the adults that survived. These findings demonstrate that MP ingestion can be detrimental to P. satan, e.g. larval mortality can decrease colony productivity and thus the worker force, and that MPs can potentially affect natural enemies that occur in crops, such as predatory social wasps.
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We thank to Joel José Gonçalves, Vera Lúcia de Faria, André Faria Gonçalves for their help in wasp collection and transport, as well as Raquel Marques and Ingrid Sousa for laboratory assistance.
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This work was supported by: Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Capes Print program [grant number 88887.571161/2020–00 to MAPL]; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, CNPq [grant number 301725/2019–5 to GM, 142206/2017–2 and 301725/2019–5 to RCB, 140599/2018–5 and 150813/2022–8 to TAV]; Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais, FAPEMIG [to WFB]; and Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, FAPESP [grant number 2020/14464–2 to ARS, 2021/05598–8 to FSN].
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Rodrigues de Souza, A., Bernardes, R.C., Barbosa, W.F. et al. Ingestion of polystyrene microparticles impairs survival and defecation in larvae of Polistes satan (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 58527–58535 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-26695-x
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