In a #replicated, #controlled #experiment on wild-caught #Culex spp. #mosquitoes, Thormeyer and Tseng (2023) found no effect of #microplastics at either high doses of at field-relevant doses.

Quote: “Overall, our results showed that doses of 200 or 20,000 #particles per ml of 4.8–5.8 μm polystyrene beads had no effect on the #body #size, #development, or #growth #rate of Cx #pipiens or Cx #tarsalis.”

Paper 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad014

Explainer 🔗 https://entomologytoday.org/2023/03/02/study-microplastic-consumption-mosquitoes/