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Title: Evaluation of an inexpensive instrument to detect insects using multiple sound, vibration, and LED sensors

Author
item Mankin, Richard

Submitted to: Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/9/2009
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Instruments have been available for many years to detect insects using sound, vibration, or LED sensors separately. Most of these instruments are relatively expensive. An instrument was evaluated that incorporates all three types of sensors to improve the reliability of distinguishing different species. The sensors were connected to a single, inexpensive, custom amplifier card constructed at North Carolina State University by biomedical engineering student, Ryan Hodges. The amplified signals were sent to the USB port of a computer and analyzed using readily available signal collection and processing software. Tests were performed in a small arena in which Cimex lectularius, Blattella germanica, Tribolium castaneum, and Sitophilus oryzae were placed individually and allowed to roam freely. The insects could be distinguished readily on the basis of distinctive temporal patterns and other signal features.