A Survey of the Arthropod Fauna Associated with Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) Grown in Eastern Colorado

Industrial hemp was found to support a diverse complex of arthropods in surveys fields eastern Colorado. In 2016-2018, industrial eight Colorado counties, eighty families were collected, primary taxa the orders Diptera, Coleoptera, and Hemiptera. The collected from included herbivores, natural enemies, pollen feeders, incidental species. Hemp cultivars grown for seed fiber had higher insect species richness compared cannabidiol (CBD). Species that observed cause economic damage included: corn earworm, (Helicoverpa zea Boddie), russet mite (Aculops cannibicola Farkas), cannabis aphid (Phorodon Passerini), Eurasian borer (Grapholita delineana Walker). addition, serious plants by grasshoppers, particularly twostriped grasshopper, Melanoplus bivittatus Say, differential M. differentialis Thomas. This survey serves as first checklist associated with any area North America.