Fig. 2: Exposure to Mospilan®SG reduces plant bug abundance and causes a species-specific response.
From: Neonicotinoid insecticides can pose a severe threat to grassland plant bug communities
a Mean number of plant bug imagines and nymphs two days after insecticide application. Means not sharing the same letter are significantly different based on a Tukey test at the 5% level of significance following the generalised linear mixed model. Results for significant contrasts to the control are shown in the adjacent table. A detailed report is provided in Supplementary Table S1. Black dashed arrow lines in combination with numbers above bars indicate percentage difference to the control (rounded numbers). b Mean number of plant bug imagines two days after insecticide application separated by species. Stenotus binotatus (left), Leptopterna dolabrata (centre) and Megaloceroea recticornis (right). Means not sharing the same letter are significantly different based on a Tukey test at the 5% level of significance following the generalised linear mixed model. Results for significant contrasts to the control are shown in the adjacent table. A detailed report is provided in Supplementary Table S2. Black dashed arrow lines in combination with numbers above bars indicate percentage difference to the control (rounded numbers). N = 5 for all treatments and species (a, b). Error bars indicate standard error. Insect images © Gerhard Strauss, Biberach, Germany.
