The insects and spiders collected from the rice fields were identified and classified into the
smallest possible taxa using available keys and guides for the different taxa. Barrion and Litsinger
(1994) study was used as a reference for rice pests, their predators and parasitoids. The Araneae
were identified using Barrion and Litsinger (1995). Following the identification of the terrestrial
arthropods collected from the rice habitats, they were assigned to guilds according to Moran and
Southwood (1982) and Heong et al., (1991). These guilds were based on feeding habits and
included phytophages (rice pests and non-rice pest visitors), predators, parasitoids and scavengers
decomposers