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Abstract The current work was carried out to evaluate the impacts of three nanoparticles (NPs); Silver, Aluminum oxide and Zinc oxide against the housefly M. domestica. The NPs were applied by feeding the 2nd instar larvae on diets mixed with the selected NPs at different concentrations (5, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 60 mg/g diet). The study was concerned with the evaluation of the toxicity of these NPs and their effects on larval development. In addition, the treated larvae which exhibited any morphological aberrations were recorded. The extended effect on the pupal and adult stages was followed with reference to the exerted effects on insect reproductive potential. Moreover, four additional approaches, namely, histological, biochemical, protein electrophoresis and gene expression of antioxidant markers by quantitative real-time PCR were adopted |