Table 3.
Insect visitors to A. indica recorded at the crop improvement research station, College of Forestry, Ranichauri, Uttarakhand, India, during 8-day observations in May.
| Time (h) | Name of Visitors | Scientific Name | Order | Number of Individual |
Duration of Visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:00–08.00 | Bumble Bee | Bombus spp. | Hymenoptera | 22 | 13–15 s |
| Thrips | Thysanoptera | Abundant | |||
| 08:00–10:00 | Bumble Bee | Bombus spp. | Hymenoptera | 12 | 8–13 s |
| Honeybee | Apis mellifera | Hymenoptera | 7 | 4–8 s | |
| Thrips | Thysanoptera | Abundant | |||
| Himalayan Spotted Flat | Celaenorrhinus munda | Lepidoptera | 5 | 7–13 s | |
| 10:00–12:00 | Bengal Spotted Snow Flat | Tagiades menaka | Lepidoptera | 4 | 6–16 s |
| Thrips | Thysanoptera | Abundant | |||
| Honeybee | Apis mellifera | Hymenoptera | 2 | 4–8 s | |
| 12:00–14:00 | Bengal Spotted Snow Flat | Tagiades menaka | Lepidoptera | 2 | 6–16 s |
| Honeybee | Apis mellifera | Hymenoptera | 4 | 4–8 s | |
| Thrips | Thysanoptera | Abundant | |||
| 14:00–16:00 | Bengal Spotted Snow Flat | Tagiades menaka. | Lepidoptera | 3 | 6–16 s |
| Bumble Bee | Bombus spp. | Hymenoptera | 9 | 8–13 s | |
| Thrips | Thysanoptera | Abundant | |||
| Honeybee | Apis mellifera | Hymenoptera | 4 | 4–8 s | |
| Hummingbird Moth | Hemaris spp. | Lepidoptera | 2 | 1–2 s | |
| 16:00–18:00 | Bengal Spotted Snow Flat |
Tagiades menaka | Lepidoptera | 10 | 16 s |