This study is carried out to know the insect diversity at Gonggeomji wetland in Sangju city where the first designated as a rice paddy wetland protection area from Ministry of Environment of Korea. As the results, 330 species of 234 genera belonging to 90 families in 10 orders were collected and a total of 1,327 individuals were surveyed in this study. Among them, highest collection ratio was 54. 3% (162 species) of Coleoptera, next order was 22% (66 species) of Hemiptera. In seasonal variation, 28 species were surveyed in the first quarter, 81 in the second, 78 in the third, and 87 in the fourth. Ancylopus pictus asiaticus in Coleoptera, Nysius (Nysius) plebejus in Hemiptera were the most dominant species. As a diversity analyses, species diversity index (H'), dominance index(DI), species richness index and evenness index (EI) were provided in here.

• Myeong Hwan Kim(College of Ecology and Environmental Science, Kyungpook National University, Sangju 742-711, Republic of Korea)
• Eun Young Choi(College of Ecology and Environmental Science, Kyungpook National University, Sangju 742-711, Republic of Korea)
• Jeong Ho Hwang(College of Ecology and Environmental Science, Kyungpook National University, Sangju 742-711, Republic of Korea)
• Hee Woon Lee(College of Ecology and Environmental Science, Kyungpook National University, Sangju 742-711, Republic of Korea)
• Tae Young Kwon(College of Ecology and Environmental Science, Kyungpook National University, Sangju 742-711, Republic of Korea)
• Jong Kyun Park(College of Ecology and Environmental Science, Kyungpook National University, Sangju 742-711, Republic of Korea)