Abstract            Volume:10  Issue-8  Year-2022         Original Research Articles

Online ISSN : 2347 - 3215 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcret@gmail.com

n the present survey, the diversity and the abundance of insect pollinators associated with mustard crop from Chakberia town, conducted during November 2021- February 2022. Chakberia is an agriculture based town within the jurisdiction of the Sonarpur CD block in the Baruipur subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal. A total of 400 pollinators from 3 orders, 6 families were recorded. The study shows that Hymenoptera was most diverse insect pollinators on mustard followed by Diptera and Lepidoptera. Apis cerena (62.5%) was the most abundant insect species followed byEupeodes corollae(14%), Melanitis leda(6.25%), Tabanus maculicornis (5.75%), Apis dorsata (4.5%), Danaus sp.(3.25%), Eurema hecabe(2.5%), Tirumala limniace (0.75%) and Papilo polytes (0.5%). The present survey also shows that the foraging activity of hoverflies and bees were maximum in the morning and afternoon, whereas butterflies showed maximum activity during the afternoon.

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