IMPACT OF ABIOTIC FACTORS ON INSECT DIVERSITY OF AT LAWRENCE GARDEN, LAHORE

Abstract

Present study was carried out to study insect diversity and influence of abioticfactors such as temperature and humidity on insect population at Lawrence garden, Lahore fromJanuary 2009 to June 2009. Higher number of insect species was observed in Order Lepidoptera (17species), Diptera (15 species), Hymenoptera (14 species) and Coleoptera (13 species). It was alsorevealed that increasing temperature and humidity from January to March positively affected thenumber of insect species but from April to June gradual decrease in humidity with increasingtemperature reduced the number of insects. Similarly insects with chewing mouthparts were moreabundant in the Lawrence Garden as compared to other insects