Diverse group of pollinators of Hymenoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera and Coleoptera visit the sweet orange flowers. Of these twelve major true insect pollinators were observed during blooming stage; out of these nine belong to Hymenoptera. The highest foraging speed was observed with Tetragonulairidipennis, highest time serve/day for pollination by Nomia sp., and minimum transit time spent to locate the suitable flower and highest number of loose pollen carried on the body part by Xylocopatenuiscopa.
Sweet orange, insect pollinators, foraging speed, flower to flower transit time, loose pollen
