Diversity of Grasshopper on Agricultural Land and Savana in Dompu Regency, Indonesia

Grasshopper is one type of insect known as a plant pest that quite affects agricultural production. Grasshoppers also have benefits natural predators and maintain ecological balance. One area where no research has been carried out on grasshopper diversity Dompu Regency, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. This was conducted at 4 locations in Dompu, including corn, ex-corn, intercropping, Doroncanga land, by making four transects each location. were collected using the net, hand collecting 07.00 16.00 WITA. The environmental factors calculated air temperature, light intensity, wind speed, humidity, while biotic observed vegetation location predators. Data analysis performed Shannon-Wiener index, evenness dominance Margalef index. results this study indicate Regency potential for grasshoppers with moderate criteria strongly influenced human treatment land