Autonomous camera traps for insects provide a tool for long-term remote monitoring of insects. These systems bring together cameras, computer vision, and autonomous infrastructure such as solar panels, mini computers, and data telemetry to collect images of insects.
With increasing recognition of the importance of insects as the dominant component of almost all ecosystems, there are growing concerns that insect biodiversity has declined globally, with serious consequences for the ecosystem services on which we all depend.
Automated camera traps for insects offer one of the best practical and cost-effective solutions for more standardised monitoring of insects across the globe. However, to realise this we need interdisciplinary teams who can work together to develop the hardware systems, AI components, metadata standards, data analysis, and much more.
This WILDLABS group has been set up by people from around the world who have individually been tackling parts of this challenge and who believe we can do more by working together.
We hope you will become part of this group where we share our knowledge and expertise to advance this technology.
Check out Tom's Variety Hour talk for an introduction to this group.
Learn about Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects by checking out recordings of our webinar series:
- Hardware design of camera traps for moth monitoring
- Assessing the effectiveness of these autonomous systems in real-world settings, and comparing results with traditional monitoring methods
- Designing machine learning tools to process camera trap data automatically
- Developing automated camera systems for monitoring pollinators
- India-focused projects on insect monitoring
Meet the rest of the group and introduce yourself on our welcome thread - https://www.wildlabs.net/discussion/welcome-autonomous-camera-traps-insects-group
Group curators
- @tom_august
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Computational ecologist with interests in computer vision, citizen science, open science, drones, acoustics, data viz, software engineering, public engagement
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- @tomwhite101
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Agroecology Geek
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I am a PhD student in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University, Australia. My research area lies in morphologically similar insect species classification, insect pest monitoring and insect population dynamic modelling.
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- @Valentin_Stefan
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Interested in emerging technologies related to camera traps for pollinators
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Ecologist working on remote sensing of habitats.
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- @AndyG
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UK farmer researching dung beetle colonisation of silvopasture system
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- @KAugust
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Interested is using cameras to monitor insect predators and ground dwelling insects
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Biologist studying African wasp diversity, automated insect cameras etc. From Kållby, Finland, and affiliated with the Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku.
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Am a conservation biologist/primatologist passionate about conservation of endangered species, biodiversity monitoring, climate change studies and local livelihoods
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- @DylCar
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Research associate data scientist at the UK Centre of Ecology and Hydrology
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Senthil kumaran Natgeo explorer and World press photo award winning documentary photographer from South India, he is working on Human and animal conflicts.
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