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  • November 2014 Issue
  • Story by Richard Lehnert
  • Automated trap simplifies research

    [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Researchers at Michigan State University used the SemiosBio automated “camera trap” monitoring system last season as a research tool. According to Dr. Larry Gut and his associate Peter McGhee, besides wanting to see what insects land on their sticky traps, they want to know when they land. “We want to find out when insects fly,” Gut said. While a grower might use the system to detect when damaging insects first appear in an orchard, and thus […]

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