A Survey of the Types of Insects Present on the Medicago Sativa Crop in Baghdad

Abstract

A study was conducted to survey the insects present on the vegetative total of the alfalfa crop in two fields, one in the Taji area and the other in the Abu Ghraib area - Baghdad - Iraq, which were not previously treated with insecticides, for the period between December 2020 and March 2021, where many insect ranks were recorded. Which are considered as economic pests, others as natural enemies, and others as visiting insects, and they included the following ranks (Neuroptera and Coleoptera) and Hymenoptera, Orthoptera, Homoptera, Lepidoptera). Where the species Aphid Besalia of the order (Homoptera) in the Abu Ghraib field outperformed with different numbers, the highest rate was (20) individuals on (6/1/2020), followed by the insect alfalfa weevil affiliated with the order (Coleoptera) in the Taji field. (15) individuals on (9/1/2021), followed by lion aphid of the order (Neuroptera) in Taji field, which amounted to (8) individuals on (12/9/202) Followed by the insect the butterfly belonging to the order (Lepidoptera) in the Taji field, which numbered (7) individuals on (16/12/2020), followed by the insect the locust of the order (Orthoptera), where it appeared in the two fields with the same number (6 individuals) on ( December 23, 2020) followed by other insects with a small appearance in the two fields, which is the insect wild bee) of the order (Hymenoptera) with numbers of (5) individuals on (6/1/2021) And the insect (Honeybee) affiliated to the same order and number of (4) individuals on (1/12/2020), and the insect (The Seven Pointed Ladybug) of the order (Coleoptera) with a number of (2) and its appearance was on (1/3/2021) and an insect (Humaira Al-Qurayyat), affiliated to the rank (Coleoptera), numbered (4) individuals, and on (10/2/2021). And also, during the survey, we obtained a class of arachnids belonging to the Arthropods division during the experiment period, with numbers (51) individuals in the Taji field and (26) individuals in the Abu Ghraib field and their appearance from the beginning of the experiment (1/12/2020) to its end on (1/3/2021).