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Clothianidin

Adult Bee Toxicity
0.0037 Oral LD50 in µg/bee
Larval Bee Toxicity
Unknown Oral LD50 in µg/bee
Chemical Group
Neonicotinoid
Adult Bee Toxicity
0.0037
Adult Bee Toxicity Group
High
Larval Bee Toxicity
Unknown
Persistence Half-Life (days)
545
Persistence Rating
High
Relative Index of Systemic Activity
1.02
Registered Uses (USA)
A wide variety of agricultural uses (>100 different crops) including vegetables, tree fruits, grapes, other fruits, tree nuts, beans, potatoes, corn, soybeans, canola, other oilseed, wheat, oats, other cereal grains, cotton, rice, sugar beet, and other crops. Landcape uses include turf, trees, and landscape plantings. Other uses include nursery uses and non-crop uses.
Use Categories
Agriculture
Nursery
Landscape
Non-crop
Seed Treatment Use
Yes
Seed Treatment Crops

carrot, potato, sugar beet, tumeric, onion, amaranth, corn salad, parsley, chervil, sorrel, brassica leafy vegetables, soybeans, cereal grains, barley, buckwheat, corn (field, pop, and sweet), millet, oat, rice, rye, sorghum, teosinte, triticale, wheat, canola, and cotton

Further Information

Xylem and phloem-mobile. Clothianidin is also a major degradate of thiamethoxam (another systemic neonicotinoid insecticide).

Toxicity Reference(s)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2017. Preliminary Bee Risk Assessment to Support the Registration Review of Clothianidin and Thiamethoxam. 414 pp.

Systemic Reference(s)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2017. Preliminary Bee Risk Assessment to Support the Registration Review of Clothianidin and Thiamethoxam. 414 pp.

Persistence Reference(s)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2017. Preliminary Bee Risk Assessment to Support the Registration Review of Clothianidin and Thiamethoxam. 414 pp.

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