Aquatic insects of Kapla Beel, a flood plain wetland of Barpeta District of Assam, India

This paper presents the aquatic insects of Kapla Beel, a perennial freshwater wetland located at Barpeta district, Assam. Aquatic insects perform essential role in keeping fresh water ecosystem at proper functioning state. Many fishes, amphibians, shorebirds, waterfowl and other animals forage heavily on both aquatic and terrestrial stages of aquatic insects for their survival. During the study period 5 orders of aquatic insects viz. Coleoptera, Diptera, Ephemeroptera, Hemiptera and Odonata are recorded from the wetland of which Hemiptera dominate the total insect population.