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1-3-Results and Discussion

3.1-Insects previously recorded from the literature

3.2-Species recorded from Wadi Rum

3.3-Annotated checklist of the species collected in the current study

3.4-Light Trap Collection

3.5-Habitat Richness

3.6-Threats

3.7-Conclusion

3.4-Light Trap Collection

      The aim of this activity was to estimate quality (number of species or species richness) and quantity (how many specimens a light trap may catch in certain time). The following 19 tables show the data obtained at different localities in the reserve. The location, total number of specimens, and number of putative species is given in the following table.

Date	Location	Order	No. of Species	No. of Specimens	Determination
5/4/2000	RV-RH	Hemiptera	1	1	Reduviidae
		Neuroptera	1	1	Dilocroce hebraea
		Total	2	2
14/4/2000	Um Ishrin	Lepidoptera	2	10	Microlepidoptera, Macrolepidoptera
		Total	2	10
15/4/2000	RV-RH	Coleoptera	2	3	Carabidae Scarabaeidae
		Lepidoptera	2	54	Microlepidoptera, Macrolepidoptera
		Neuroptera	1	1	Brown lace wings: Hemerobiidae
		Total	5	58
23/4/2000	RV-RH	Diptera	2	3	Calliphoridae Muscidae: Musca domestica
		Lepidoptera	3	39	Diamand Moth Microlepidoptera Macrolepidoptera
		Total	5	42
24/4/2000	RV-RH	Coleoptera	2	2	Scarabaeidae
		Diptera	1	1	Moscidae: Mosca domestica
		Lepidoptera	3	7	Diamand Moth Microlepidoptera Macrolepidoptera
		Total	6	10
25/4/2000	W. qattar	Coleoptera	1	1
		Diptera	1	1
		Hymenoptera	1	2
		Lepidoptera	2	10	Microlepidoptera Macrolepidoptera
		Total	5	14
25/4/2000	W. Um Ishrin	Coleoptera	3	10	Melyridae
		Diptera	2	2
		Hemiptera	1	32	Miridae
		Hymenoptera	1	2	Ichneumonidae
		Lepidoptera	2	77	Microlepidoptera Macrolepidoptera
		Mantoda	1	1
		Neuroptera	1	1	Brown lace wings: Hemerobiidae
		Total	11	125
29/4/2000	RV-RH	Coleoptera	2	12	Carabidae
		Diptera	2	4	Simulidae (Syrphidae): Syrphus corollae Tabr.
		Hemiptera	2	10	Miridae
		Homoptera	2	3	Aphididae Cicadellidae
		Hymenoptera	2	3	Evaniidae Ichneumonidae
		Lepidoptera	4	150	Plusia gamma L. Diamand moth Microlepidoptera Macrolepidoptera
		Neuroptera	2	4	Brown lace wings: Hemerobiidae Green lace wings
		Total	10	186
7/5/2000	RV-RH	Hemiptera	1	1	Reduviidae
		Lepidoptera	5	22	Celerio lineata livornica Esp. Diamand Moth Microlepidoptera Macrolepidoptera
		Total	6	23
9/5/2000	RV-RH	Hemiptera	2	3	Miridae   Reduviidae
		Homoptera	2	3	Aphididae
		Lepidoptera	3	36	Diamand moth Microlepidoptera Macrolepidoptera
		Total	7	72
10/5/2000	RV	Coleoptera	2	7	Melyridae
		Diptera	2	2	Calliphoridae Muscidae: Musca domestica
		Hemiptera	2	3	Miridae   Reduviidae
		Homoptera	2	21	Aphididae Cicadillidae
		Lepidoptera	3	29	Diamand moth Microlepidoptera Macrolepidoptera
		Total	11	62
11/5/2000	W. Mahraj	Coleoptera	2	2	Scarabaeidae Coccinillidae
		Diptera	3	9	Bombillidae
		Lepidoptera	2	2	Macrolepidoptera
		Total	7	13
12/5/2000	Sebakh	Coleoptera	2	4	Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae : Aphodius Sp. Melyridae
		Diptera	1	1
		Hemiptera	1	1	Reduviidae
		Hymenoptera	2	6	Evaniidae
		Lepidoptera	4	19	Microlepidoptera Macrolepidoptera
		Total	8	27
13/5/2000	W. Ramman	Coleoptera	5	7	Melyridae Scarabaeidae Tenebrionidae
		Diptera	2	6
		Hemiptera	1	10	Miridae
		Homoptera	1	40
		Hymenoptera	1	1
		Lepidoptera	4	77	Microlepidoptera Macrolepidoptera
		Neuroptera	1	1	Green Lace Wings
		Total	15	142
14/5/2000	RV-RH	Coleoptera	2	9	Scarabaeidae Bostrichidae
		Diptera	1	1	Calliphoridae
		Hemiptera	2	2	Reduviidae
		Homoptera	1	100	Aphididae
		Hymenoptera	1	1
		Lepidoptera	2	108	Microlepidoptera Macrolepidoptera
		Neuroptera	2	6	Brown lace wings Green lace wings
		Total	11	127
15/5/2000	W. Marsad	Hemiptera	1	32	Miridae
		Hymenoptera	1	1
		Lepidoptera	2	24	Microlepidoptera Macrolepidoptera
		Total	4	57
16/5/2000	RV-RH	Diptera	2	2
		Hemiptera	2	2
		Hymenoptera	1	2	Evaniidae
		Lepidoptera	3	38	Diamand moth Microlepidoptera Macrolepidoptera
		Total	8	44
17/5/2000	W. Marsad	Lepidoptera	1	7	Macrolepidoptera
		Total	1	7
18/5/2000	W. Um Ishrin	Coleoptera	1	1
		Diptera	2	2	Syrphidae
		Hymenoptera	6	10
		Lepidoptera	1	51
		Orthoptera	1	1	Acrididae
		Total	11	65

^RV: Rum Village

*RH: Researchers House 

*W: Wadi

   The insect orders Diptera, Hymenoptera and Coleoptera had the highest species recorded through the whole light trapping that took place during the survey. On the other hand, the order Lepidoptera had the highest number of specimens collected although this order had a relatively low number of species recorded, see figure 4.

Figure(4):

 

       It was noticed that the number of specimens collected was very low early in the study because of the low temperatures, see figure 5. Another reason for the low number of specimens might be the windy weather at night. Those two factors affect the insects’ flight and so insects prefer not to fly through this inconvenient conditions. The low number of specimens in April does not necessarily mean that there was a low activity through this month. The main reason for the low number of specimens during that month is that no trapping has taken place because of the windy weather.

Figure (5)

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