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Insect Diversity Biodiversity is described as the totality of the various life forms all over the world. It also comprises diversity and great quantity of species of their genetic variations, the communities, ecosystems, and regions in which they act on (Negussie, 2009). The information about insect diversity in tropics is not that well known because people are not oriented and aware in maintaining and generating its diversity. For instance, ecologists working in the tropics, find it difficult in determining and studying the morpho-species of butterflies. The study needs special experience in the field of insect systematics. Compared to other experts who conduct various studies in other fields of science, entomologists …show more content…

The park is under the conservation of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR, 2013). Climate in the area is driven by a seasonal alteration between a wet season, from June to November and dry season, from December to May. The dry season may be sub-divided further into (a) a dry season, from December to February; and (b) a hot dry season, from March to May (PAGASA, 2013). The selection of sites will be based on the different land covers in Sohoton Natural Bridge National Park. These include the open forest, the long bushy grassland, and cultivated-perennial crop. Open forest or the woodland is a mixture of trees, which are around 10-30 m tall, shrubs, flowering herbs and grasses. However, trees are the dominant plants that can be seen in this kind of habitat. The other form of land cover that is located in Sohoton Natural Bridge National Park is the long bushy grassland, which is dominated by tall grasses and forbs rather than shrubs and trees. The Philippines is one of the countries that have diverse insect species. Current studies show that the country has an approximate of 21, 000 insect species, 6, 185 genera and 499 families. In spite of having a vast amount of insect species, less group of researchers tend to conduct their studies in some parts of the

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