An Enviromental Study of the Lighting Bugs Habitat, Amphava District, Samut SongKhram Province

Abstract

This is a study to determine the environmental quality suitable for lighting bugs in the fruit cultivation canal area, Amphava, Samut Songkhram. The study was conduct during June of 2010 to compare the canal environmental which flow into the fruit farms in Amaphava district: Taka canal, Bangcare canel, KraAom canel. The results of the study unveiled that Taka and Bangcare canel have the water quality up to the standard but KraAom canal that has the DO value less than 4 milligrams per liter. In addition, the DO value of the Taka canel is higher than Bangnalee canel and KraAom canel.The DO result correlates with the quantity of lighting bugs found in the canals with most of the bugs found in the Taka canel and then fewer in the Bangnalee canal and still fewer in the KraAom canel.