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Project Work- Insect Documentation - Final report

Atita Taware

Location : Haware Citi, near Kasarvadavali goan, Ghodbandar road, Thane, MaharashtraArea Covered : 250 m to 500 mDate : October 2016 to 17 December 2016Time : 8 am to 12 pmHabitat : Grassland, Freshwater streams, Marsh land, Pond, Tree bark, Open ground.Method : Observations during walking, photo documenting, note making.

Observations :Total number of insect species 220, 10 identified orders.

Lepidoptera : 50 species , adult, 8 caterpillar42 species of butterfly,2 species of skipper, 5 species of moths,  Hymenoptera : 41 species 12 species of ants, 13 species of bees, 15 species of wasps, 1 parasitoid wasp

eggs Diptera : 32 species, 29 adult, 3 maggots28 species of flies, 1 mosquito, 3 types of maggots Odonata : 24 species , 22 adult, 2 nymph19 species of Dragonfly , 3 species of Damselfly, 2 types of dragonfly nymph Orthoptera : 18 species 14 species of Grasshopper, 4 cricket Coleoptera : 18 species, 16 adults, 1 grub, 1 pupa16 species of beetle, 1 beetle grub, 1 beetle pupa Unidentified : 17 species4 types of insect eggs, 13 unidentified winged insects  Hemiptera : 13 species Neuroptra : 04 species , 2 larva, 2 adults Isoptera : 02 species1 species of termite, 1 termite nest Mantodea : 01 species1 mantis nymph

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OdonataOrthopteraHemipteraNeuropteraDipteraHymenopteraColeopteraLepidopteraIsopteraMantodeaUnidentified

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Odonata Orthoptera HemipteraNeuroptera Diptera HymenopteraColeoptera Lepidoptera IsopteraMantodea Unidentified

Total number of species 220

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Orthoptera

Hemiptera

Neuroptera

Diptera

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Hymenoptera

Hymenoptera

Hymenoptera

Coleoptera

Coleoptera

Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera

Isoptera and Mantodea

Insect eggs and larvae

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