The proposed apparatus, which functions to capture insects for research purposes, incorporates a mesh platform used to gather insects, at least one funnel used to direct insects to the mesh platform, a fan positioned at the base of the apparatus to create a down draft in the air flow which forces insects to gather on the mesh platform. A camera placed above the mesh platform and funnel to collect images of the insects on the mesh platform.

An insect trap and a method of using the same. The insect trap includes a housing. The insect trap also includes a glue board receiving space located inside the housing. The insect trap further includes one or more light sources for attracting insects into the housing. The insect trap also includes a camera having a lens. The lens has a front element. The camera is positioned to capture images of a glue board when the glue board is received in the glue board receiving space. There is no line of sight between the or each light source and the front element of the lens. This may prevent light from the or each light source reaching the front element directly. The method can include using an image captured by the camera to determine that a glue board received in the glue board receiving space needs to be replaced.

An insect trap and a method of using the same. The insect trap includes a housing. The insect trap also includes a glue board receiving space located inside the housing. The insect trap further includes one or more light sources for attracting insects into the housing. The insect trap also includes a camera having a lens. The lens has a front element. The camera is positioned to capture images of a glue board when the glue board is received in the glue board receiving space. There is no line of sight between the or each light source and the front element of the lens. This may prevent light from the or each light source reaching the front element directly. The method can include using an image captured by the camera to determine that a glue board received in the glue board receiving space needs to be replaced.

An improved remote insect detector is disclosed. The detector includes a pitfall trap that is adapted to trap a target insect within the pitfall trap. An insect funnel passage is located below the pitfall trap and is dimensioned to retain the target insect in a detecting position. An optical beam detection circuit operates to detect the target insect in the detecting position and operates to generate a detection signal.

The present invention provides a mosquito trapping device, which comprises a carbon dioxide generating module, a temperature control module, a humidity control module, and a mosquito-killing module. The carbon dioxide generating module comprises a container A and a container B, a solution in the container A reacts with a solution in the container B to generate carbon dioxide; the temperature control module controls a temperature of the mosquito trapping device to be between 38° C. and 45° C.; the humidity control module controls humidity of the mosquito trapping device to be between 50% and 80%; the mosquito-killing module generates a guiding wind having a wind speed of 0.7 m/s to 15 m/s. The present invention has a good mosquito-attracting effect and a desirable mosquito-killing ability.

An insect trap analysis system may detect an insect specimen on a trap mechanism of an insect trap. The insect trap analysis system may control, based on detecting the insect specimen on the trap mechanism, one or more mechanical devices to: adjust a position of the insect specimen relative to a position of an image capture device associated with the insect trap, or adjust the position of the image capture device relative to the position of the insect specimen. The insect trap analysis system may cause, while controlling the one or more mechanical devices to adjust the position of the image capture device or the position of the insect specimen, the image capture device to capture a plurality of images of the insect specimen from a plurality of different angles relative to the insect specimen, and may perform an action associated with the plurality of images.

The invention discloses a fruit fly trap comprising a flowerpot, a cover plate and flypaper, wherein the cover plate is provided with a plurality of inlets for allowing the fruit fly to enter the interior of the flowerpot, each inlet respectively extends towards a bottom direction of the flowerpot to form a lengthened inlet pipe, and the flypaper is mounted on the cover plate by a bracket. According to the invention, the fruit fly can be attracted into the interior of the flowerpot, the lengthened inlet pipe makes the fruit fly difficult to escape until death, the flypaper can stick the flying fruit fly, and the fruit fly can be effectively attracted and killed.

This device for humanely catching and releasing flying and crawling insects is a lightweight, handheld tool to capture an insect on a flat surface inside the home without getting too close to it and releasing it outside unharmed. The container is clear and transparent to easily confirm that the insect is inside. Once the insect is captured, turning the control knob on the handle rotates the cover to secure the container. There are three small spacers on the bottom of the container, which allow the cover to be closed and latched without having to move the container and without injuring the insect. The self-aligning latch mechanism ensures that once closed, the cover will not open inadvertently while transporting the captive insect. Once the insect has been carried outside, the control knob on the end of the handle is turned to open the cover and release the insect unharmed.

The current invention concerns an aqueous synergistic solution for promoting non-lethal migration of acarids from their habitat towards a carrier comprising an attractant for the attraction of acarids, wherein said attractant is limonene, one or more attraction enhancers chosen from the group citronellal, linalool, geranyl acetate, caryophyllene, caryophyllene oxide and/or neryl acetate, and an emulsifier, preferably polysorbate. The current invention also concerns a method for attracting and holding acarids, comprising of the steps: providing a sheet having interstices sufficiently large and a thickness sufficiently large to hold acarids; and applying on said sheet the aqueous synergistic solution in a non-lethal dose per area. The synergistic solution promotes migration of acarids from their habitat into said sheet, after which the sheet can be disposed or the acarids removed therefrom.

One nonlimiting variation of a detection arrangement includes one or more sensors each structured to detect at least one biochemical substance indicative of biochemistry of one or more target insect species and provide a corresponding sensor signal, a controller responsive to the sensor signal of each of the one or more sensors to determine if the one or more insect species are present and generate a corresponding output signal, and an indicator responsive to the output signal to indicate the presence of the one or more insect species.