“A Preliminary Study On Spider Diversity From Vijaysinha Yadav College Campus Peth Vadgaon, Dist. Kolhapur, Maharashtra”

The organisms belonging to class Insecta plays so many roles in the ecosystem, one of which is a pest. The spiders are exclusive predators of many insect pests. Hence, spiders can play a very important role in the regulation of the insect population in any ecosystem. The present study of spider diversity from Vijaysinha Yadav College Campus Peth Vadgaon, Dist. Kolhapur, Maharashtra is the first attempt to find out the diversity of spiders in the selected area. A survey was carried out in the rainy season from July 2023 to October 2023 on the campus of Vijaysinha Yadav College, Peth Vadgaon, Dist. Kolhapur. The College building and vegetation of the campus were surveyed in the morning between 08.00 am to 11.00 am weekly. A total of 31 spider species belonging to 19 genera of 09 families were identified.