Coatings of pesticides called neonicotinoidson corn and soybean seeds reduce populations of predatory insects, such as this tiger beetle (Cicindela sexguttata), as much as broadcast applications of commonly used pyrethroid insecticides.
Margaret Douglas and John Tooker from Pennsylvania State University published these findings in the journal PeerJ.
Originally published by Cosmos as Sowing seeds of destruction
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