author(s)
Shriti Moses, Deepak Ranjan Kishor, AK Misra and Md. Abbas Ahmad

abstract
The experiment was conducted during kharif season of 2017 at Pusa farm of Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa (Samastipur), Bihar. Monitoring of important predators associated with major insect pests of rice during kharif season of 2017 indicated that among the predators relatively abundance of lady bird beetle was maximum 31.60 per cent. The important predators observed in the rice ecosystem of Pusa are spider, lady bird beetle, staphylinid beetle, green mirid bug, dragonfly and damselfly. Predatory spider, dragonfly and damselfly were found most active during the month of July while lady bird beetle, staphylinid beetle and green mirid bug were found most active in the month of August and September by sweeping net sampling and handpicking method. The highest count for most of the predators and parasitoids were observed in the month of August and September but spiders, dragonfly and damselfly were found most active during the month of July.