36 results about "Insect behavior" patented technology

An insect decoy is provided that includes a vapor-isolated vessel, a chemical compound disposed within the vapor-isolated vessel, and an excitation energy source. The chemical compound may have one or more absorption bands at a set of absorption wavelengths and have one or more emission bands at a set of emission wavelengths. The excitation energy source may be configured to produce electromagnetic radiation at the absorption wavelengths so as to fluoresce the chemical compound and release photons at the emission wavelengths. The vapor-isolated vessel may be configured with at least one infrared transmissive window that is substantially transparent to the released photons at the emission wavelengths of the chemical compound.

An insect decoy is provided that includes a vapor-isolated vessel, a chemical compound disposed within the vapor-isolated vessel, and an excitation energy source. The chemical compound may have one or more absorption bands at a set of absorption wavelengths and have one or more emission bands at a set of emission wavelengths. The excitation energy source may be configured to produce electromagnetic radiation at the absorption wavelengths so as to fluoresce the chemical compound and release photons at the emission wavelengths. The vapor-isolated vessel may be configured with at least one infrared transmissive window that is substantially transparent to the released photons at the emission wavelengths of the chemical compound.

The invention relates to a method of authenticating whether a substance influences insect behavior or not and / or what kind of influence. The method comprises the steps of 1, determining the substance; 2, after the substance is utilized to stimulate an insect, analyzing an electrophysiological and / or behavioral reaction of the insect. The substance is preferably a substance generated by the insect itself; the substance more preferably comprises pheromone and / or a pheromone antagonist; the pheromone is most preferably selected from (z)-11-hexedecanal and / or (z)-9-hexedecanal; the pheromone antagonist is selected from (z)-11-hexadecenol and / or (z)-9-fulure.

The invention discloses an automatic stored product insect detecting device based on a pest inducing technology and simultaneously discloses an automatic stored product insect detecting system. The automatic stored product insect detecting device comprises an insect collection pipeline, wherein one end of the insect collection pipeline is connected with an insect collection trap; the other end of the insect collection pipeline is connected with an insect storage device; the insect collection trap is provided with a pheromone inducting box; the insect storage device is connected with the insect collection pipeline by an insect inlet pipeline; an exhaust tube is arranged on the insect storage device and is connected with a vacuum pump by a gas conduit. According to the automatic stored product insect detecting device and system based on the pest inducing technology, the insect behaviors and habits are combined with insect chemical communication active material pheromone, the automatic detection and control of stored product insects are realized by means of the physical structure of the insect collection trap and the inducing effect of the pheromone, the manual stored product insect detection which is high in intensity and high in density is avoided, and the aims of automatically and simply detecting and controlling pests are reached. The automatic stored product insect detecting device and system can be also used for stored product insect prediction and forecast.

The invention belongs to the technical field of computer teaching software, and discloses a virtual teaching system and a virtual teaching method for amber embedded specimen experimental teaching. Thesystem comprises an anatomy acquisition module, an image preprocessing module, a picture export module, a three-dimensional modeling module, a model export module, a map model import module, an interactive production module, a virtual reality module and an information release module. The virtual teaching system comprises an anatomy acquisition module, an image preprocessing module, a picture export module, a three-dimensional modeling module, a model export module, a map model import module, an interactive production module, a virtual reality module and an information release module. The present invention is useful for insects from living environment, morphological characteristics, cameras and video cameras are used to collect images and make videos of insect behaviors and physiological structures into libraries, through the three-dimensional form of insect identification and identification, in the experimental classroom teaching to show to students, can not only improve the teachingeffect, help students better grasp the knowledge of insects, but also lay a solid foundation for field practice.

The present invention relates to insect odorant receptor genes and methods for identifying odorant receptor genes. The invention provides nucleotide sequences of insect odorant receptor genes Or83b, amino acid sequences of their encoded proteins (including peptides or polypeptides), and related products and methods. The nucleic acids of the invention may be operatively linked to promoter sequences and transformed into host cells. Methods of production of an Or83b odorant receptor protein (e.g., by recombinant means), and derivatives and analogs thereof, are provided. Antibodies to an Or83b odorant receptor protein, and derivatives and analogs thereof, are provided. Methods for identifying molecules that bind or modulate the activity of these Or83b odorant receptor genes are provided. Molecules found to bind or modulate the activity of Or83b genes may be formulated into pest control agents by providing a carrier. In a preferred embodiment, molecules that bind or modulate the activity of an Or83b gene form one species but not others is desired. Methods to modify the insect behavior by modifying an insect Or83b odorant are also provided.

The invention relates to an insect behavior observation box. The insect behavior observation box comprises a transparent box body and a transparent upper cover, wherein a plurality of activity rooms for insect activities are arranged inside the box body, first ventilating holes are formed in the bottom edge of each activity room, a water-lockup sandwich and a hygroscopic sandwich are sequentially arranged between the upper cover and the box body from top to bottom, bulges matched with each activity room are formed on the internal surface of the upper cover, and second ventilating holes are formed in the top of the upper cover corresponding to the edge of each activity room. According to the insect behavior observation box, a ventilating hole, water-lockup sandwich and hygroscopic sandwich structure is used ingeniously, so that the insect behavior observation box has the functional characteristics of integrating air permeability, moisture retention, water lockup and sealing property; the design is reasonable, the manufacturing cost is low, the practicability is strong, and an appropriate activity space is provided for long-term insect behavior observation.

The invention relates to the technical field of insect behavior recognition, and discloses an insect behavior recognition method and device based on space-time context, and a computer storage medium,and the method comprises the following steps: obtaining an insect behavior video, and obtaining an original image after manual marking in the insect behavior video; extracting an area where a target insect is located from the original image to obtain an insect image, and converting the original image into a grayscale image; generating a space image from the insect image through a time window, andgenerating a time image from the grayscale image through the time window; generating a feature image according to the space image and the time image, labeling insect behaviors in the feature image, and classifying the insect behaviors according to the behaviors; training a neural network by taking the classified feature images as training samples to obtain an insect behavior recognition model; andrecognizing insect behaviors in a to-be-detected video through the insect behavior recognition model. The method has the technical effects of high insect behavior recognition accuracy and simple training data acquisition.

The present invention relates to a miniature insect motion frequency recording device and an application method thereof. The device comprises a transparent glass cover and an infrared fence arranged in the glass cover, the infrared fence is formed by a plurality of oppositely arranged infrared emitters and infrared receivers, and the infrared emitters and infrared receivers are arranged in the one-to-one correspondence mode; the infrared emitters and infrared receivers are oppositely arranged at two sides in the glass cover; and the infrared emitters and infrared receivers are electrically connected with an MCU control unit. The miniature insect motion frequency recording device and the application method thereof can detect the insect behavior motions through the infrared fence and perform recording according to the grating cutting conditions so as to analyze the insect behavior rhythm.

The invention provides a method for preventing and treating noctuid pests in field crops. The method comprises the steps of preparation of an oviposition repellent, preparation of an oviposition accelerant, arrangement of lepidoptera noctuid insect oviposition behavior monitoring equipment and the like. According to the oviposition habit of lepidoptera fruit-boring noctuidae insects, the oviposition behavior of female adults is regulated and controlled by means of the oviposition repellent, and the oviposition amount of pregnant female adults on target hosts is reduced, so that the purposes of reducing the population density in the field, reducing fruit boring and diseased fruit occurrence and improving the noctuidae insect behavior regulation and control technology are achieved. The method for preventing and treating noctuid pests in field crops can reduce the use amount of chemical pesticides, is beneficial to improving the quality and yield of organic products such as solanaceae vegetables and the like, is more beneficial to improving the yield and quality of solanaceae vegetables and fruits, and can be widely implemented and popularized.

The present disclosure relates to video analysis. An apparatus includes: a foreground extracting section, for extracting an insect foreground image from an input video; and a 3D posture reconstruction section, including a feature point solving unit for calculating initial feature points in the insect foreground image and using calibrated feature points in the insect foreground image to generate a feature point signal subspace, training an iteration matrix based on the initial feature points and the calibrated feature points under the constraints of the feature point signal subspace, so as to limit the iteration matrix in the feature point signal subspace, and solving ultimate feature points of an insect body in each video frame by iterating the initial feature points with the trained iteration matrix, and a posture calculating unit that reconstructs a posture of the insect by the ultimate feature points of the insect body. The embodiment of the present disclosure may self-adapt the iteration process for the 3D features of the insect, which helps to improve robustness of reconstructing the insect's 3D posture.

It is described an insect attack prediction system, comprising: at least one processor provided with a plurality of software modules comprising: an insect identification module configured to process at least one insect digital image (IM) to provide a presence value (IPD), representing the presence of insects in an area of interest for insect attack; a data collecting module configured to acquire insect behavioral data associated to said area and comprising at least one of the following data groups: meteorological data; environmental data; historical data of insect presence. The system further comprises a prediction module configured to process the presence value (IPD) and the insect behavioral data according to a mathematical prediction algorithm to estimate a risk of attack (PRB) to the area of interests.

The invention relates to an injurious insect behavior regulation and control device and an injurious insect behavior regulation and control method. The behaviors such as movement, courtship and matingof injurious insects are regulated in a behavior regulation and control mode, and accordingly the population quantity of the injurious insects is indirectly controlled. In addition, the device has not remarkable influence on spiders, parasitic wasps and the like and really achieves green prevention and control to injurious insects. The device is low in cost and simple and convenient to install. Power is supplied through solar energy, and the device is green and environmentally friendly. The device and the method are suitable for green prevention and control to injurious insects of large-areaperennial commercial crops in tea gardens and the like.

The invention discloses an insect feeding behavior analysis method and device and a storage medium. The method comprises the steps of employing a neural network to detect an insect in a video througha deep learning method, and recording the feeding states of a plurality of insects in the video; obtaining the track of the insect according to the detection result; and obtaining an analysis resultaccording to the track of the insect. According to the invention, detection and analysis can be carried out through the pre-recorded video, the neural network and the deep learning method; the track and the analysis result of the insect are obtained according to the detection result; manual observation, recording and analysis are not needed; the efficiency is high; subjective assumption is eliminated; and the accuracy is high. The insect feeding behavior analysis method and device and the storage medium can be widely applied to the technical field of insect behavior analysis.

The invention relates to research on insect behaviors. Through adding approach-avoidance substances needed by a test into a liquid agar medium, an oviposition bait medium which can be used for studying the influences exerted by the different approach-avoidance substances on the oviposition behaviors of the diamondback moths is prepared. An enclosed environment is created for adult diamondback moths, and the oviposition bait medium is placed for the adult diamondback moths to lay eggs. The oviposition bait medium is replaced timely according to needs, and data is counted. Oviposition behavior data such as oviposition approach-avoidance of the diamondback moths for the approach-avoidance substances or the diamondback moths with different concentrations, oviposition early-stage durations, oviposition time rules and the like can be obtained according to the data. The oviposition bait medium has quite good thermal melting performance, can provide certain humidity, can have a smooth surface at a room temperature state, and can provide space support for the adult diamondback moths. The method can be applied to statistics of various parameters of the oviposition behaviors of the diamondback moths under different conditions, studies the approach-avoidance of the diamondback moths in an indoor environment for the different substances, and provides a novel research method for a field insect control scheme.

The invention belongs to the area of research on insect behavior and ecology, and discloses a wind tunnel for experimental research on behavior of small insects and ecology. The wind tunnel is provided with a wind tunnel main body frame, wherein the wind tunnel main body frame is provided with a wind tunnel top, a wind tunnel left outer wall, a wind tunnel right outer wall, a door, a wind tunnel front end, a wind tunnel back end and a wind tunnel bottom through bonding; both the wind tunnel front end and the wind tunnel back end are transparent nylon gauze; the wind tunnel back end is connected with a ventilation duct through bonding; a minicomputer host machine fan is fixedly arranged at the back end of the ventilation duct through screws and iron wires; and the minicomputer host machine fan is connected with a desktop computer stabilized voltage supply through conducting wires. The invention overcomes the defect that traditional large-size and medium-size wind tunnels need individual operation spaces and are difficult to manufacture in batches. The small-size wind tunnel for research on behavior of natural enemy insects and ecology is simple in structure, low in cost, easy to implement batch manufacturing and maintenance, small in size, convenient to carry and easy to regulate.

The invention relates to a behavior recognition method, in particular to an insect dynamic behavior recognition method based on deep learning and an image technology. The identification method comprises the following steps: 1) acquiring a data source video; 2) processing the image; 3) establishing an identification model; 4) extracting time and space features; 5) performing deep learning; and 6) identifying and classifying the dynamic behaviors of the insects. According to the identification method, the insect body is divided into the head region and the tail region, the ROIs are extracted respectively, and ROIs of the head region and the tail region are detected respectively, so that misjudgment caused by vibration interference of the current behavior of the insect on other parts of the body can be effectively avoided, and the accuracy can be effectively improved; meanwhile, after the key point recognition model and the neural network model are trained, the insect behavior generation result can be automatically recognized through the key point recognition model and the neural network model, and then the manual observation time can be greatly shortened; the problems that an existing method is time-consuming, labor-consuming and poor in accuracy are solved.

The invention relates to a rainproof preparation for affecting insect behaviors. The rainproof preparation comprises one or more volatile insect attractants or repellents, one kind of wax or a mixture of multiple kinds of wax, one or more of polyvinyl alcohol and / or polyvinyl acetate and / or polyacrylate and / or gluten, and water. The rainproof preparation contains volatile matter, the outdoor efficacy of the rainproof preparation during the rainy season can last at least 45 days, and therefore the advantages of excellent rainproof performance and long-acting slow release mechanisms coexist. The problems that a preparation in the prior art is short in application time during the rainy season is solved, and economic benefits are increased.

The invention belongs to the field of plant protection and insect prevention and control tools and provides a novel injurious insect behavior regulating insect controller. The novel injurious insect behavior regulating insect controller comprises an insect control light source, an insect control light source mounting bottom hood, a lifting rod, a lifting fixed seat, a mounting seat, a solar panel,an electric cabinet and a rain cover, wherein the insect control light source is composed of a light source upper seat, a light source supporting pipe, a lamp bead plate, a protecting hood and a light source lower seat; the insect control light source mounting bottom hood is provided with a protruding structure on the upper part; the lifting fixed seat is arranged on the lower part of the liftingrod and is provided with a hole structure in the middle; the mounting seat of a hollow structure is provided with a hole structure in the middle of the upper part; the electric cabinet is arranged below the solar panel for controlling the solar panel and the insect control light source; and the rain cover is located on the upper part of the insect control light source. The novel injurious insectbehavior regulating insect controller provided by the invention plays roles of regulating behaviors and inhibiting damage of an insect or a type of insects or a crop by regulating the wavelength of the light source, is convenient to use, energy-saving and efficient, does not generate pollution and pesticide residues, meets a green prevention and control standard, and is convenient to popularize and apply.

The invention relates to an insect behavior and activity observer, which comprises a throw box, a cover body, a box cover, a supporting ring, a supporting rod and a portable belt, and is technically characterized in that the throw box and the box cover are connected through the supporting rods which are arranged on the edges of the two circumferentially at equal intervals, the portable belt is arranged on the box cover, scales are formed on each supporting rod, the cover body is transparent and fixed in the supporting ring which is fixed on the supporting rods, the supporting ring is sheathed on the supporting rods through fixed rings which are arranged circumferentially at equal intervals, at least two supporting rods are arranged and are tubular, one supporting rod is inserted into the other one and can move therein up and down, so that the telescopic function can be well realized, and whether insects have flying or jumping behavior or not and the motion process of the insects with flying or jumping capability can be clearly observed.

The invention provides a simulated microgravity insect behavior analysis device which comprises a sealing cabin. A pair of vertical supporting frames is arranged in the sealing cabin, a first rotary frame is arranged between the supporting frames and used for being connected with a second rotary frame through a rotary shaft, the rotation center line of the first rotary frame is vertical to that of the second rotary frame, and an insect culture plate is fixed into the second rotary frame. A cultured organism in the insect culture plate rotates around two rotary shafts vertical to each other, and the gravity direction of a gravireceptor in cells of the organism changes continuously and can not react in real time, so that performance of the gravireceptor is similar to that of the gravireceptor in a spatial microgravity condition, and therefore observation and experiment on life of insects in a low spatial microgravity state phase in a gravity environment can be achieved.

The invention relates to a method of authenticating whether a substance influences insect behavior or not and / or what kind of influence. The method comprises the steps of 1, determining the substance; 2, after the substance is utilized to stimulate an insect, analyzing an electrophysiological and / or behavioral reaction of the insect. The substance is preferably a substance generated by the insect itself; the substance more preferably comprises pheromone and / or a pheromone antagonist; the pheromone is most preferably selected from (z)-11-hexedecanal and / or (z)-9-hexedecanal; the pheromone antagonist is selected from (z)-11-hexadecenol and / or (z)-9-fulure.

The invention relates to a non-illumination small insect behavior monitoring device. At present, monitoring cannot be well carried out in an environment without illumination. Many pairs of behaviors such as mating of small insects cannot be well observed at the same time, and large-batch simultaneous monitoring cannot be achieved. The invention relates to a non-illumination small insect behavior monitoring device. An I-shaped fixing frame is provided with a non-luminous infrared light source plate, an upper-layer plate, a middle-layer plate and a monitoring station from top to bottom; a powersocket is arranged on the upper portion of the upper-layer plate and used for supplying power to a non-luminous infrared light source plate and a zoom lens camera, supporting camera rods are evenly distributed on the two sides of the middle-layer plate, the zoom lens camera is placed on the upper portions of the supporting camera rods, and containing grooves used for containing round milky opaqueutensils are evenly distributed in the upper portion of the monitoring table. The device has the advantages that long-time uninterrupted and large-batch simultaneous monitoring can be realized in a simulated use environment under a non-illumination condition, and the accuracy of monitoring behaviors such as mating and the like is high.

The invention discloses a wireless video and audio transmission and flight behavior control device based on living insects. The device is composed of a Bluetooth slave electronic backpack, a Bluetooth host end and a PC upper computer. The reading, combination and wireless transmission of sensor data in the slave electronic backpack, the receiving and splitting of control instructions of the upper computer and the generation of insect behavior control stimulation signals are all realized on a single Bluetooth chip; the parameter configuration of the image sensor is realized through an I2C interface; the data acquisition of the image sensor is realized through an SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface); the analog audio data acquisition is realized through an ADC interface; the digital audio data acquisition is realized through an I2S interface; the generation of the stimulation pulse is realized through the PWM interface; wireless data sending and instruction receiving are realized through a radio frequency interface on the Bluetooth chip. The whole electronic backpack is small in size and light in weight, can be installed on beetles, and is an execution device of an insect behavior control and video and audio acquisition system.