A Preliminary Survey of Insect Pests at the Community Forests of Khon Kaen Province, Thailand

Abstract

A survey of insect pest from community forests including Kok Soke Hin (Ban Fang district) and Phu Wat (Mancha khiri district) community forests, Khon Kaen province, were carried out from May to September 2013. Insect samples were collected by manual collecting and light trap. Fifty eight species were identified representing 34 families relating to 9 insect orders. The diversity of insects in Kok Soke Hin community forest consisted of Coleopterans (3.63%), Lepidopterans (3.63%), Hemipterans (0.52%), Homopterans (3.63%), Orthopterans (0.36%) and Hymenopterans (3.63%). The diversity of insects in Phu Wat community forest consisted of seven orders of insect including Orthopterans (29.49%), Coleopterans (24.36%), Lepidopterans (24.36%), Hemipterans (3.85%), Homopterans (16.67%), Dipterans (3.63%) and Hymenopterans (1.28%). Among the insects identified, insect pests were about 61.54 percent. The community forests of this study are considered to have a low diverse and numerous insect fauna in the area. Order Coleoptera was found abundant and dominant among other orders.