Collateral damage of fipronil in economic and ecologically important non-target species

Fipronil is an insecticide and acaricide widely used in agriculture domestic animals worldwide. Ecotoxicology studies have shown that, even at the low concentrations on target species, fipronil its degradation products a significant impact non-target either by direct toxicity or indirect effects affecting food chain. The negative of species terrestrial aquatic invertebrates chains led to use being banned severely restricted numerous countries, including all European Union, China, United States. Some highly susceptible are great economic ecological importance, crayfish, brown shrimp, bees. In particular, decimating bee hives worldwide example fipronil´s undesirable agriculture. Other affected -for which there few studies- biological predators same pests controlled fipronil. Considering impacts commercialization indiscriminate seem irresponsible. Colombia, as September 2021 pressed local beekeepers, Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA) prohibited avocado, coffee, citrus, passiflower plantations. However, long not agricultural applications, farmers could divert continue using it any other type plantation. This paper describes some beneficial invertebrate outmost importance.