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Natural and anthropogenic changes (e.g., land use change, pollution) will alter many environmental factors in the coming years, including the amount of solar radiation reaching the earth’s surface. Alterations in solar radiation exposure is likely to impact the ecologies of many living organisms, including invertebrates that inhabit aquatic habitats. In this study, we assessed the effect of UV-B radiation on the metabolic rates and fitness (survival, development time, body size) of  Aedes albopictus  and  Culex pipiens  mosquitoes and the activity of their microbial food resources in experimental aquatic microcosms .  We exposed single-species cohorts of newly hatched  Ae. albopictus  and  Cx. pipiens  larvae and a control treatment with no larvae to three UV-B conditions that mimicked those in full-sun and shade in the field and to a control condition with no UV-B radiation. Our results indicated that UV-B radiation affected the metabolic rates of both  Ae. albopictus  and  Cx. pipiens  larvae, with significantly higher rates found in full-sun compared to shade and no-UV conditions, 8 and 15 days after exposure began.  Ae. albopictus  and  Cx. pipiens  survival was also affected by UV-B radiation condition, with significantly lower survival in full-sun compared to shade and no UV-B conditions. Microbial metabolic rates were consistently significantly lower in full-sun compared to shade and no-UV conditions, especially at 8 days of exposure. These results show that UV-B radiation at levels found in open spaces showed strong and important impacts on the metabolic rates and survival of  Ae. albopictus  and  Cx. pipiens  larvae. Decreased survival of  Ae. albopictus  and  Cx. pipiens  with higher UV-B radiation levels may be caused by both direct exposure to radiation as well as the indirect effects of reduced microbial food, resulting in greater metabolic demands and stress. Negative impacts of UV-B radiation on the survival of  Ae. albopictus  and  Cx. pipiens  are likely to have important implications for the distribution and abundance of these mosquitoes, and the transmission of pathogens that these two broadly distributed mosquitoes vector.

Effects of ultraviolet radiation on metabolic rate and fitness ofAedes albopictusandCulex pipiensmosquitoes