An insect trapping monitoring system and method

Abstract

The application provides an insect trapping and monitoring system and method, wherein the trapping module comprises a supporting part, a barrel, a top plate and a trapping device, the top plate and the barrel are connected with each other, the barrel is provided with a trapping opening, the supporting part is located in the barrel and is installed on the top plate, the trapping device is installed on the supporting part, and the monitoring module is located in the barrel and comprises an insect coordinate monitoring device located above the trapping opening and an image recording device arranged in the barrel, wherein the insect coordinate monitoring device is located above the trapping device. The application also provides an insect trapping and monitoring method. The insect trapping and monitoring system can accurately and long-term trap and monitor insects.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to the field of insect monitoring, and more particularly to an insect trapping and monitoring system and method. Background Technology

[0002] Insects are an important part of the ecosystem, but large-scale outbreaks of some insects can have a significant impact on agriculture and forestry.

[0003] To ensure the sustainable development of agricultural and forestry production, improve economic efficiency, and reduce economic losses, it is necessary to conduct long-term and precise monitoring of agricultural and forestry pests in order to promptly grasp pest information and formulate response strategies. Summary of the Invention

[0004] In view of this, the purpose of the present invention is to overcome the shortcomings of the prior art and provide an insect trapping and monitoring system and a trapping and monitoring method.

[0005] This invention provides the following technical solution:

[0006] An insect trapping and monitoring system includes a trapping module, a monitoring module, a control module, and an analysis module;

[0007] The trapping module includes a support component, a cylinder, a top plate, and a trapping device. The top plate and the cylinder are connected to each other. The cylinder has an insect collection port. The support component is located inside the cylinder and is installed on the top plate. The trapping device is installed on the support component.

[0008] The monitoring module is located inside the cylinder. The monitoring module includes an insect coordinate monitoring device located above the insect collection opening and an image recording device installed inside the cylinder. The insect coordinate monitoring device is located above the trapping device.

[0009] The analysis module is electrically connected to both the monitoring module and the control module. The analysis module analyzes the information from the monitoring module and sends a control signal to the control module based on the analysis results. The control module controls the image recording device to focus and photograph the insect based on the received control signal.

[0010] Furthermore, the image recording device includes: a first image recording device disposed on the top plate and a second image recording device disposed on the support member; the first image recording device is used to record the horizontal flight trajectory and back image of the insect; the second image recording device is used to record the vertical flight trajectory and head image of the insect.

[0011] Further, the insect trapping and monitoring system further comprises a knock-down device, the knock-down device is located inside the barrel, and the control module controls the knock-down device to open and close according to the received control signal.

[0012] Further, the knock-down device is a directional gas emission device, and the control module controls the directional gas emission device to emit compressed air to the position where the insects are located.

[0013] Further, the insect trapping and monitoring system further comprises a storage device, and the storage device is provided with a storage cavity which is communicated with the inner cavity of the barrel.

[0014] Further, the trapping module comprises a shooting plate arranged on the support component, the shooting plate is provided with a baffle, and two adjacent baffles form a guide groove; and the image recording device comprises a third image recording device arranged in the barrel, and the morphological characteristics of the insects located on the shooting plate are recorded.

[0015] Further, the storage device comprises a storage barrel, a mesh basket and a filter plate, the mesh basket is arranged in the storage barrel, and the filter plate divides the mesh basket into a plurality of storage units, and each storage unit has the same width as the corresponding guide groove above it.

[0016] Further, the insect coordinate monitoring device is arranged adjacent to the top plate and is used for determining the spatial coordinate position of the insects, and the insect coordinate monitoring device comprises a signal emission unit and a signal receiving unit.

[0017] The application further provides an insect trapping and monitoring method based on the aforementioned insect trapping and monitoring system, and the method comprises the following steps:

[0018] The monitoring signal of the monitoring module is processed by the analysis module, the spatial coordinates of the insects are analyzed, and the spatial coordinates are transmitted to the control module;

[0019] The control module controls the monitoring module to obtain the flight characteristics and morphological characteristics information of the insects according to the information of the analysis module, feeds back the obtained information to the analysis module, and the analysis module determines the species of the insects by comparing and analyzing the flight characteristics and morphological characteristics of the insects with the existing data in the database.

[0020] Further, the flight characteristics include one or more of the flight speed, wing vibration frequency and flight trajectory of the insects; and the morphological characteristics include one or more of the body length, wing span, head width and abdomen width of the insects.

[0021] Further, the analysis module counts the information of the insects monitored in a specific time period and judges the occurrence level of the insect pests.

[0022] The application has the following advantages:

[0023] The application can collect the characteristics of the insects attracted by the trapping module with high precision, and accurately analyze and collect and store the insects, thereby realizing long-term and accurate monitoring of the insect occurrence. The accuracy of the existing insect trapping and monitoring device is greatly improved, and the labor intensity of the monitoring personnel is reduced.

[0024] The insect trapping and monitoring method disclosed by the application can accurately analyze the types of insects and actively classify and summarize to determine the severity of the insect occurrence. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0025] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the application, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments. It should be understood that the following drawings only show some embodiments of the application, and therefore should not be regarded as a limitation on the scope. For those skilled in the art, other related drawings can also be obtained without creative labor on the basis of these drawings.

[0026] Fig. 1 A simple diagram of the insect trapping and monitoring system shown in an embodiment of the application;

[0027] Fig. 2 A stereoscopic structure diagram of the storage cylinder and the shooting plate is shown.

[0028] Main element symbol explanation: 11, support part; 12, cylinder; 13, top plate; 14, trapping device; 15, knock-down device; 16, storage device; 161, storage cylinder; 162, basket; 163, filter plate; 164, storage unit; 17, insect collecting port; 18, shooting plate; 181, partition; 182, guide groove; 183, shooting area; 184, heating unit; 185, baffle; 21, insect coordinate monitoring device; 211, signal transmitting unit; 212, signal receiving unit; 22, first image recording device; 23, second image recording device; 24, third image recording device. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0029] The embodiments of the application will be described in detail below, and examples of the embodiments are shown in the drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals represent the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are exemplary and are only used to explain the application, and cannot be understood as a limitation on the application.

[0030] It should be noted that when an element is referred to as being "on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements can also be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being "directly on" another element, there are no intervening elements present. It will be understood that, although the terms "first," "second," etc. can be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms since such terms are only used to distinguish one element from another. For example, a first element could be termed a second element, and, similarly, a second element could be termed a first element without departing from the scope of the application.

[0031] In the present application, unless specifically defined otherwise, the terms "mounting", "connected", "connecting", "fixed", "fixedly connected" and the like are used broadly and encompass both direct and indirect mounting, connecting, and fixing, as well as any two or more elements and the like in a mechanical or electrical manner. In addition, the terms "first", "second", and the like do not denote any order, quantity, combination, or important or subordinate relationship, but are used to identify the names of the elements. The terms "a" and "an" and "the" and "said" used in this application do not denote the presence of the singular, but they are used with their ordinary meaning indicating the presence of at least one.

[0032] In addition, the terms "first", "second", and the like are used only for descriptive purposes and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or an indicated number of technical features. Therefore, the features defined as "first" and "second" can include one or more of the features explicitly or implicitly. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "a plurality of" is two or more, unless otherwise specifically defined.

[0033] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. The terminology used in the description of the template herein is for the purpose of describing specific embodiments only and is not intended to limit the application. The term "and / or" used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

[0034] Referring to Figs. 1-2 As shown, the insect trapping and monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present application comprises a trapping module 1, a monitoring module 2, a separately arranged control module, and an analysis module.

[0035] The trapping module comprises a support component 11, a barrel 12, a top plate 13, and a trapping device 14. The barrel 12 and the top plate 13 are connected to each other, the barrel 12 is provided with a trap opening 17, the support component 11 is located in the barrel 12, and the support component 11 is installed on the top plate 13. The trapping device 14 is installed on the support component 11.

[0036] The monitoring module is located in the barrel 12, and the monitoring module comprises an insect coordinate monitoring device 21 located above the insect collecting opening 17 and an image recording device arranged in the barrel 12, wherein the insect coordinate monitoring device 21 is located above the trapping device 14.

[0037] The analysis module is electrically connected with the monitoring module and the control module, and is configured to analyze information from the monitoring module and send a control signal to the control module according to an analysis result; and the control module is configured to control the image recording device to focus on and shoot the insects according to the received control signal.

[0038] The insect trapping and monitoring system of the present application realizes the trapping of insects and the accurate acquisition of the morphological characteristics and flight characteristics of the insects through the organic combination of the trapping module, the monitoring module, the control module and the analysis module, and judges the type of the insects, counts the number of the insects and judges the insect situation, so as to realize the accurate monitoring of the insects or the insect pests.

[0039] In an embodiment, the image recording device comprises a first image recording device 22 arranged on the top plate 13 and a second image recording device 23 arranged on the support member 11; the first image recording device 22 is configured to record the flight trajectory of the insects in the horizontal direction and the back image; and the second image recording device 23 is configured to record the flight trajectory of the insects in the vertical direction and the head image.

[0040] In an embodiment, the insect trapping and monitoring system further comprises a knock-down device 15 located inside the barrel 12, and the control module controls the knock-down device 15 to open and close according to the received control signal, and controls the knock-down device 15 to knock down the insects into a specific landing area according to the specific coordinates of the insects obtained by the analysis module through the analysis of the insect coordinate monitoring device 21.

[0041] In an embodiment, the knock-down device 15 is a directional gas emitting device, and the control module controls the directional gas emitting device to emit gas to the position where the insects are located to knock down the insects, and finally the insects fall into the storage device 16. Further, the directional gas emitting device is composed of a plurality of gas emitting units, and the control module calls a specific gas emitting unit to knock down the insects according to the instructions of the analysis module. For example, the control module can select a specific gas emitting unit to knock down the insects according to the number or size information of the insects analyzed by the analysis module.

[0042] Of course, the structure mode of the knock-down device 15 is not limited to the gas emitting device, and can be other structure modes capable of knocking down insects in a targeted manner. For example, in other possible embodiments, the knock-down device 15 can be a targeted spraying device, and the control module controls the targeted spraying device to spray liquid to the position where the insects are located to knock down the insects. Preferably, the targeted spraying device comprises a plurality of spraying units, and the control module selects a specific spraying unit to knock down the insects according to the number or size information of the insects analyzed by the analysis module. The liquid sprayed by the targeted spraying device can be the insect preserving liquid extracted from the storage device 16.

[0043] Of course, the knock-down device 15 can also be a targeted microwave emitting device, and the control module controls the knock-down device 15 to emit microwaves to the insects to make the insects heat shock and fall off. The targeted microwave emitting device can comprise a plurality of microwave emitting units, and the control module can select the microwave emitting units with appropriate power and distance to knock down the insects in a specific area and make the insects fall off into a specific drop area.

[0044] In an embodiment, the insect attracting and monitoring system comprises the three forms of knock-down devices 15 simultaneously.

[0045] In an embodiment, the insect attracting and monitoring system further comprises a storage device 16 provided with a storing cavity communicating with the inner cavity of the cylinder 12. Preferably, alcohol is added to the storage device 16 to ensure that the insects do not rot within a certain period of time, and the preserved insect samples can be used for subsequent analysis and backtracking.

[0046] In an embodiment, the attracting module comprises a shooting plate 18 arranged on the support member 11, and the shooting plate 18 is provided with partitions 181, and two adjacent partitions form a guide groove 182. The control module controls the knock-down device 15 to knock down the insects into a specific guide groove 182, and the insects fall off into a specific storing unit 164 of the storage device 16 under the action of gravity, thereby realizing separate storage of different types of insects. The specific storing unit 164 is one case in the specific drop area as described above.

[0047] In an alternative embodiment, the monitoring module further comprises a third image recording device 24 arranged on the cylinder 12 and used for recording the images of the insects that have been shocked and fallen off into a shooting area 183. At the same time, the analysis module verifies the data obtained from the original analysis according to the image data monitored by the third image recording device 24, thereby improving the accuracy. Of course, the monitoring data of the third image recording device 24 can also be combined with the image data recorded by the first image recording device 22 and the second image recording device 23 for analysis and calculation. Of course, when the shooting area 183 of the shooting plate 18 is transparent, the third image recording device 24 can also be arranged below the shooting plate 18.

[0048] In an embodiment, the storage device 16 comprises a storage cylinder 161, and a mesh basket 162 arranged in the storage cylinder 161, and the mesh basket 162 is provided with mesh holes on the side surface. The mesh basket 162 can separate the insects collected from the insect preservation liquid by filtering, and when the insects in the storage device 16 are collected, the mesh basket 162 can be removed, and a new mesh basket 162 can be replaced to complete the sampling work.

[0049] In an embodiment, the filter plate 163 divides the storage cylinder 161 into a plurality of storage units 164, and the storage units 164 are arranged corresponding to the guide grooves 182 located above.

[0050] In an embodiment, the storage units 164 have the same width as the guide grooves 182 located above, and the widths of different guide grooves 182 are different. For insects with larger body size, the knock-down device 15 can knock them down into the wider guide grooves 182, and for insects with smaller body size, the knock-down device 15 can knock them down into the narrower guide grooves 182, so as to make full use of the space.

[0051] In an embodiment, the guide grooves 182 are covered by a cover arranged away from one end of the storage device 16, and the covered guide grooves 182 only have an opening at the upper end for the knocked-down insects to enter, so that the insects knocked down into the guide grooves 182 will not bounce up and have uncertain landing points.

[0052] In an embodiment, a heating unit 184 is arranged to heat the guide grooves 182, and the heating unit is a microwave heating unit. By heating, the insects knocked down by air flow or liquid can be shocked, so as to prevent the target insects from escaping in the monitoring system and continuously flying, which can cause interference to the monitoring and affect the monitoring results.

[0053] In an embodiment, one of the guide grooves 182 is an escape channel for non-monitoring target insects, and the guide groove is in communication with the outside through an opening, so that the non-monitoring target insects knocked down into the guide groove 182 can return to the natural environment.

[0054] In an optional embodiment, a baffle 185 is arranged in the middle of the guide groove 182, the baffle 185 is closed when the insects are knocked down, the baffle 185 is opened after the insects are heat shocked, and the insects fall from the lower end of the guide groove 182 to the shooting area 183.

[0055] In an optional embodiment, for the insects staying in the guide groove 182, the insects can be flushed out by the gas or liquid sprayed by the knock-down device 15.

[0056] In an embodiment, the insect coordinate monitoring device 21 is arranged adjacent to the top plate 13, and is used to determine the spatial coordinate position of the insects. The insect coordinate monitoring device 21 comprises a signal emitting unit 211 and a signal receiving unit 212.

[0057] In an embodiment, the insect attractant in the trapping device 14 is an insect pheromone. Of course, the insect attractant in the trapping device 14 can also be visible light, ultraviolet light, infrared light, etc. Multiple types of attractants can be used to attract insects. If the insects are attracted by visible light, ultraviolet light or infrared light, the light wavelength can be changed by the control module according to the type of insects and the obtained rhythm to attract specific insects.

[0058] The present application also discloses an insect trapping and monitoring method based on the above insect trapping and monitoring system, comprising the following steps:

[0059] S10, the monitoring module monitors the insects entering the cylinder 12 from the trapping opening 17, and sends the monitoring signals to the analysis module.

[0060] Specifically, the monitoring module monitors the insects entering the cylinder 12 from the trapping opening 17. The insect coordinate monitoring device 21 in the monitoring module monitors the coordinates of the insects, the first image recording device 22 records the horizontal flight trajectory and the back image of the insects, and the second image recording device 23 records the vertical flight trajectory and the head image of the insects. The insect coordinate monitoring device 21, the first image recording device 22 and the second image recording device 23 send the monitoring and recording information to the analysis module.

[0061] S20, the analysis module processes the monitoring signals of the monitoring module, analyzes the spatial coordinates of the insects, and transmits them to the control module.

[0062] S30, the control module controls the monitoring module to obtain the flight characteristics and morphological characteristics of the target insects according to the insect coordinate position information sent by the analysis module, and feeds back the obtained information to the analysis module. The analysis module determines the type of the insects by comparing the flight characteristics and morphological characteristics of the insects with the corresponding information of known types in the database.

[0063] S40, the analysis module counts the number of each type of insects and judges the occurrence level of the insect pests.

[0064] Specifically, the control module controls the first image recording device 22 and the second image recording device 23 to focus on the position where the insect is located according to the coordinate position information of the insect sent by the monitoring module, and shoots image information to obtain flight characteristic information and morphological characteristic information of the insect, and sends the information to the analysis module, and the analysis module compares the flight characteristic information and morphological characteristic information data obtained by shooting with the data in the database to obtain insect species information. In addition, the analysis module counts the number of each type of insect, compares the relationship between the occurrence of insect pests in previous years and the severity of the occurrence of insect pests, analyzes and judges the current occurrence level of insect pests, and predicts the severity of future occurrence of insect pests, and gives a prevention and control plan for insect pests.

[0065] Further, the flight characteristics include one or more of the flight speed, wing vibration frequency and flight trajectory of the insect; and the morphological characteristics include one or more of the body length, wing span, head width and abdomen width of the insect.

[0066] Preferably, the analysis module comprehensively analyzes the insect species and quantity information in a specific time period after summarizing the insect species and quantity information, and transmits the analysis result to a mobile phone terminal for researchers to judge the insect situation.

[0067] The insect trapping and monitoring method in the embodiment can accurately monitor the species and quantity information of insects, and provide sufficient data support for researchers in the field to judge the insect situation, greatly reducing the difficulty of insect situation monitoring.

[0068] In all the examples shown and described herein, any specific values should be interpreted as merely exemplary and not as a limitation, and thus other examples of the example embodiments can have different values.

[0069] It should be noted that similar reference numerals and letters refer to similar items throughout the accompanying drawings, and thus once an item is defined in one drawing, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent drawings.

[0070] The above-described embodiments only express several implementation manners of the present application, and the description is relatively specific and detailed, but it should not be understood as a limitation on the scope of the present application. It should be noted that for ordinary skilled persons in the art, several modifications and improvements can be made without departing from the concept of the present application, and these all belong to the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. An insect trapping monitoring system, characterized by, The system comprises an attracting module, a monitoring module, a control module and an analyzing module. The attracting module comprises a support component (11), a cylinder (12), a top plate (13), an attracting device (14) and a shooting plate (18) arranged on the support component (11). The top plate (13) and the cylinder (12) are arranged in connection with each other. The cylinder (12) is provided with a collecting opening (17). The support component (11) is located in the cylinder (12) and is installed on the top plate (13). The attracting device (14) is installed on the support component (11). The shooting plate (18) is provided with a partition plate (181). Two adjacent partition plates (181) form a guide groove (182). The monitoring module is located in the cylinder (12). The monitoring module comprises an insect coordinate monitoring device (21) located above the collecting opening (17) and an image recording device arranged in the cylinder (12). The insect coordinate monitoring device (21) is located above the attracting device (14). The analyzing module is electrically connected with the monitoring module and the control module. The analyzing module is used for analyzing information from the monitoring module and sending a control signal to the control module according to an analysis result. The control module is used for controlling the image recording device to focus and shoot insects according to the received control signal. The image recording device comprises a first image recording device (22) arranged on the top plate (13) and a second image recording device (23) arranged on the support component (11). The first image recording device (22) is used for recording an image of the back of an insect. The second image recording device (23) is used for recording an image of the head of the insect. The analyzing module determines the species of the insect by comparing and analyzing the morphological characteristics of the insect with existing data in a database. The insect attracting and monitoring system further comprises a knocking device (15) and a storage device (16). The knocking device (15) is a directional gas emitting device with a plurality of gas emitting units, a directional spraying device with a plurality of spraying units or a directional microwave emitting device with a plurality of microwave emitting units. The storage device (16) comprises a storage cylinder (161), a mesh basket (162) and a filter plate (163). The mesh basket (162) is arranged in the storage cylinder (161). The filter plate (163) divides the mesh basket (162) into a plurality of storage units (164). Each storage unit (164) has the same width as the corresponding guide groove (182) above it. The control module calls a specific gas emitting unit, a specific spraying unit or a specific microwave emitting unit to knock the insect into a specific guide groove (182) according to the instruction of the analyzing module, and then the insect falls into a specific storage unit (164) of the storage device (16) under the action of gravity.

2. The insect trapping monitoring system of claim 1, wherein, The first image recording device (22) is further used for recording the flight trajectory of the insect in the horizontal direction. The second image recording device (23) is further used for recording the flight trajectory of the insect in the vertical direction.

3. The insect attractant monitoring system of claim 1, wherein, The system further comprises The knock-down device (15) is located inside the barrel (12), and the control module controls the knock-down device (15) to open and close according to the received control signal.

4. The insect trapping monitoring system of claim 1, wherein, The storage device (16) is provided with an insect storage cavity in communication with the inner cavity of the barrel (12).

5. The insect trapping monitoring system of claim 4, wherein, The image recording device comprises a third image recording device (24) arranged in the barrel (12), and the third image recording device (24) records the morphological characteristics of the insects on the shooting plate (18).

6. The insect attraction monitoring system of claim 1, wherein, The insect coordinate monitoring device (21) is arranged adjacent to the top plate (13) and is used to determine the spatial coordinate position of the insects, and the insect coordinate monitoring device (21) comprises a signal emitting unit (211) and a signal receiving unit (212).

7. An insect trapping monitoring method based on the insect trapping monitoring system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that, The method comprises the following steps: The analysis module processes the monitoring signal of the monitoring module, analyzes the spatial coordinates of the insects, and transmits the spatial coordinates to the control module; The control module controls the monitoring module to obtain the flight characteristics and morphological characteristics information of the insects according to the information of the analysis module, feeds back the obtained information to the analysis module, and the analysis module determines the species of the insects by comparing and analyzing the flight characteristics and morphological characteristics of the insects with the existing data in the database.

8. The insect attractant monitoring method of claim 7, wherein, The flight characteristics include one or more of the flight speed, wing vibration frequency and flight trajectory of the insects; and the morphological characteristics include one or more of the body length, wing span, head width and abdomen width of the insects. The analysis module counts the information of the monitored insects in a specific time period and judges the occurrence level of the insect pests.

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