Automatic Detection of Moths (Lepidoptera) with a Funnel Trap Prototype.

ABSTRACT: Monitoring insect populations is essential to optimise pest control with the correct protection timing and the avoidance of unnecessary insecticide use. Modern real-time monitoring practices use automatic insect traps, which are expected to be able to estimate the population sizes of pest animals with high species specificity. There are many solutions to overcome this challenge; however, there are only a few data that consider their accuracy under field conditions. This study presents an opto-electronic device prototype (ZooLog VARL) developed by us. A pilot field study evaluated the precision and accuracy of the data filtering using an artificial neural network(ANN) and the detection accuracy of the new probes. The prototype comprises a funnel trap, sensor-ring, and data communication sys

SUBMITTER: Florian N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10145081 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature