Aquatic Entomology and Biocontrol Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Loyola College, Chennai-600 034, (India).
Protein depletion was observed when water bug, Diplonychus indicus and the fish, Gambusia affinis were exposed to diflubenzuron, BHC and deltamethrin. The maximum depletion of protein was in the muscle of male and female on exposure to BHC than Deltamethrin.