Evaluation of native bee nesting rates and beetle community assemblages in the presence of clothiandin in the soil of natural areas

The neurotoxic insecticide class of neonicotinoids has become one of the most widely used groups of insecticides in recent years. They exhibit long half-lives and have the potential to linger in the environment and affect arthropod communities long after application. Many studies have looked at the effects neonicotinoids have on arthropod communities in a lab setting, however comparatively few studies have looked arthropod communities and neonicotinoid contamination in restored prairie habitats. This study was aimed towards better understanding the impact of the common neonicotinoid clothianidin, on beetle communities assemblages in restored prairie settings, with a specfic focus on feeding guilds.