Open-source insect camera trap with vibrational detection and luring for monitoring <i>Stictocephala basalis</i> (Walker, Hemiptera: Membracidae: Smiliinae).

ABSTRACT: We have developed a novel device for automatic sensing, luring, and imaging insects that use substrate-borne vibrational signals for identifying and locating mating partners. The device is capable of measuring the activity patterns of these insects in a local area. It is intended to be used for monitoring pest insects; the current version of the device focuses on the treehopper species Stictocephala basalis (Walker, Hemiptera: Membracidae: Smiliinae) that may serve as a vector for Grapevine Red Blotch Disease. The device detects male treehoppers by sensing their mating calls using a piezoelectric contact microphone attached to a host plant, and lures them towards an imaging area by playing a prerecorded female mating call using a vibration exciter. This work is significant because p

SUBMITTER: Vaughn V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11626055 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature