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Mobile samplers of particulate matter – Flying omnivorous insects in detection of industrial contamination

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dc.abstract.enFlying insects are potential mobile samplers of airborne particulate matter (PM). However, current knowledge on their susceptibility to PM is limited to pollinators. Insects' capacity for particle surface accumulation depends on the lifestyle, structure of the body integuments, and behavioral patterns. Here, we investigate how two species of flying omnivorous insects from the genus Vespula, possessing direct interactions with air, soil, plants, and herbivores, indicate industrial pollution by accumulating coarse (PM10) and fine (PM2.5) particles on their bodies. The internal accumulation of particles in wasps' gut tissues is assessed considering heavy metals exposure to reveal and discuss the potential magnitude of ecotoxicological risks. Female individuals of Vespula vulgaris and V. germanica were sampled with a hand-netting near to Harjavalta Cu-Ni smelter and in the control areas in southwestern Finland. They were analyzed with light microscopy (LM), electron microscopy (SEM, TEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) methods. Near to the smelter, wasps trapped significantly more particles, which were of bigger size and their surface optical density was higher. Vespula vulgaris accumulated larger particles than V. germanica, but that wasn't associated with morphological characteristics such as body size or hairiness. In both areas, accumulated surface PM carried clays and silicates. Only in polluted environments PM consistently contained metallic and nonmetallic particles (from high to moderate weight %) of Fe, Ni, Cu, and S – major pollutants emitted from the smelter. Wasps from industrially polluted areas carried significantly more granules in the columnar epithelial midgut cells. TEM-EDX analyses identified those structures were associated with metal ions such as Cr, Cu, Ni, and Fe. As epithelial gut cells accumulated metal particles, midgut confirmed as a barrier for metal exposure in wasps. External PM contamination in wasps is suggested as a qualitative, yet a natural and simple descriptor of local industrial emissions.
dc.affiliationWydział Leśny i Technologii Drewna
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Hodowli Lasu
dc.contributor.authorSkaldina, Oksana
dc.contributor.authorŁukowski, Adrian
dc.contributor.authorLeskinen, Jari T.T.
dc.contributor.authorKoistinen, Arto P.
dc.contributor.authorEeva, Tapio
dc.date.access2025-10-31
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-31T12:25:22Z
dc.date.available2025-10-31T12:25:22Z
dc.date.copyright2023-01-09
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.accesstimeat_publication
dc.description.bibliographyil., bibliogr.
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dc.description.if8,2
dc.description.number1 April 2023
dc.description.points200
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume867
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161511
dc.identifier.eissn1879-1026
dc.identifier.issn0048-9697
dc.identifier.urihttps://sciencerep.up.poznan.pl/handle/item/5673
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969723001262
dc.languageen
dc.relation.ispartofScience of the Total Environment
dc.relation.pagesart. 161511
dc.rightsCC-BY
dc.sciencecloudnosend
dc.share.typeOTHER
dc.subject.enatmospheric pollution
dc.subject.enbioindicators
dc.subject.enindustrial emissions
dc.subject.enelectron microscopy
dc.subject.enX-ray analyses
dc.subject.enVespula spp
dc.titleMobile samplers of particulate matter – Flying omnivorous insects in detection of industrial contamination
dc.typeJournalArticle
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oaire.citation.volume867