We have been monitoring insect species and dynamics with different sampling traps including malaise traps, nest traps and yellow pan-traps. Are there any approaches/equipments to record insects automatically? We would like to try them, if available for insect diversity or agriculture studies.
Thanks for your kind inputs.
cd in Beijing
I used a trap with different parts in the collecting apparatus at its base. If you use a timer you can sort the insects by each period of time.
Micro photometry remote sensing method or photo radio telemetry devices can be used to sample or finding or collecting insect activities automatically.
We used photovoltaic powered backlight traps Pennsylvanian type adapted with a collecting box equipped with 4 drawers. The bottom of those were plastic grids with 4 mesh sizes (wider on top, narrower at the basis) which led to self sorting the insects along their sizes. Thus, big ones wouldn't smash smaller ones when dying by pesticide bar effect. We had a wide range of night active insects, as a result.
I used BUSHNELL HD max cameras with 25 mm lenses to monitor ant traffic on tree stems with an time interval trigger... but the camera has also a movement trigger. The recordings were of quite good quality. I guess you cannot use the photos/recordings to determine to the species level though.
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