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Automated Identification of Flying Insects by Analysis of Wingbeat Frequencies
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1986
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Flight MovementsEngineeringAerospace EngineeringPattern RecognitionMeasurementEntomologyEvolutionary BiologyLight BeamEducationAeroelasticityAerodynamicsMicrocomputer-based InstrumentInvertebrate VisionInstrumentationInsect Social BehaviorFlight ControlWingbeat Frequencies
A microcomputer-based instrument was designed to record and analyze flight movements of individual insects flying through a light beam. In an experiment with Aedes aegypti (L.) and A. triseriatus Say, species and sex of individuals were identified correctly with an accuracy of 84% using wingbeat frequency measurements. This technology may be useful in automated monitoring of flying insects in the field.