Table 1: Insect species composition and relative abundance in the study zones.

Insect Species

Common Name

Family

Zone A

Zone B

Zone C

Zone D

Total

%

Nemobius sylvestri

Wood Cricket

Rhaphidophoridae

6

0

5

15

26

3.1

Neoconocephalus palustri

Marsh Cone Head

Tettigoniidae

2

8

0

1

11

1.3

Macrotermes subhyalinus

Subterranean Termite

Rhinotermitidae

18

65

55

20

158

18.8

Glenurus gratus

Antlion

Myrmeleontidae

40

5

0

45

90

10.7

Sphodromantis viridis

Praying Mantis

Mantidae

1

7

6

0

14

1.7

Omocestus viridulus

Common Green Grasshopper

Acrididae

12

14

0

8

34

4.0

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Carpenter Ant

Formicidae

4

40

15

0

59

7.0

Lasius niger

Black Ant

Formicidae

20

0

25

20

65

7.7

Volucella zonaria

Hornet’s Bionic Hoverfly

Syrphidae

10

8

6

0

24

2.9

Pyrgomorpha borealis

Northern Grass Pyrgomorph

Pyrgomorphidae

15

18

0

5

38

4.5

Gryllus campestris

Field Cricket

Gryllidae

7

3

10

0

20

2.4

Anax junius

Green Darner Dragonfly

Aeshnidae

5

0

4

3

12

1.4

Chrysoperla carnea

Green Lacewing

Chrysopidae

3

10

10

0

23

2.7

Tettigonia viridissima

Great Green Bush-Cricket

Tettigoniidae

4

9

0

3

16

1.9

Formica rufa

Red Wood Ant

Formicidae

6

8

0

7

21

2.5

Forficula auricularia

European Earwig

Forficulidae

8

6

5

0

19

2.3

Cicindela campestris

Green Tiger Beetle

Cicindelidae

9

0

8

4

21

2.5

Tabanus bovinus

Horsefly

Tabanidae

3

7

6

0

16

1.9

Tipula paludosa

Marsh Crane Fly

Tipulidae

6

0

7

5

18

2.1