High technology for catching insects

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Raptor, 25.08.2008 5:46

Friends, I don't know if there was a similar topic somewhere,but I will venture to create one.We live in the twenty-first century, surrounded by high-tech structures.And what new things were invented for us entomologists?maybe someone has some options for modern traps?DRL lamp+station weighing 40 kg, is this the limit of its development?surely there are lighter and more comfortable devices that attract no fewer butterflies.What else can you use to detect a caterpillar on a bush other than your own eyes?I would like a detector to detect beetles or the like, do such things exist or is it all just fiction?

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25.08.2008 11:27, bahurin

if you need high power , then you have to put up with large sizes, this is physics that will not go anywhere. As lighter devices, we can recommend LED lamps, they are lighter, do not break, consume less (for example, Chinese LED flashlights, only more). Such illuminators are already used in Europe, but I can't say about the maximum power of such lamps, they are suitable for apartment lighting, but they may not reach the DRL. As for recognition on bushes, then the technique passes, because there is nothing cooler than the human brain in terms of pattern recognition in nature and, unfortunately, will not appear in the next 20 years.

R. S. would recommend to be careful with tips about RF radiation, in particular ultra-violet, because the increased power of RF radiation can be very harmful to health, ranging from burns of the skin and eyes, ending with blindness and even more serious consequences.

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26.08.2008 14:37, bahurin

well, the last idea that came up is a stain that has 2 chambers - a larger one for killing insects and a smaller one for ethyl acetate. In the cover connecting both cameras, there should be a small hole, as well as a mechanism, such as what is in the spray guns and a button at the top.
System: we throw an insect into one chamber and press a button, as a result of which a small amount of ethyl acetate gets into the stain, which is sprayed and quickly kills the insect...

This is a great idea! Here's what you can recommend:

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Sold perfume bottles they are just with a button.
We take a jar 1 with a lid 2 we put such a bottle in it 3. We glue it to the bottom with, say, super glue. Inside the bottle, pour the necessary liquid 4. Now it remains to mount the piston 5 in the lid. From what to make a piston you need to think

. On the flip side, you can offer a mechanism from a fountain pen. So we press the plunger on top of the lid, the plunger presses the bottle button and there is a zilch of muck in the jar

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Since the bottle can be empty, you still need to have a funnel through which to pour any muck into it.

I made an experimental layout. Works. If necessary I'll post pictures

This post was edited by bahurin - 26.08.2008 15: 32

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