Abstract

• Relative abundance, species diversity, richness and evenness of insects from cucurbit plantations were investigated during May to August 2019. A total of 56 species belonging to 28 families in six orders were collected from studied plants (gourd, pumpkin, squash and watermelon). Insect population was more abundance in order Hemiptera followed by Coleoptera and Lepidoptera. The lowest population was found in order Odonata. Pumpkin plants have the highest diversity and gourd plants have lowest diversity of insects. The highest similarity value was found between pumpkin and squash plants.