iSCOUT

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iSCOUT remotely monitors insects to keep an eye on insect pressures that can affect your crop.

Remote Insect Monitoring Informed By Artificial Intelligence Alerts
You Before Pests Become A Problem

Let iSCOUT be the eyes in your field with a solar-powered, high-resolution camera inside an insect trap. Time-lapse photos paired with artificial intelligence give you better pest identification and count graphing. Remote accessibility from your computer or smartphone lets you make control decisions when the time is just right.

iSCOUT is an insect trap with integrated electronics (camera system and modem powered through a solar panel and/or battery) and a sticky plate. It can be hung where it’s most needed in the field, and features a lightweight design. The 10 megapixel camera takes high-resolution pictures of the sticky plate and the built-in computer vision software recognizes the insects from photos.

Images are sent via LTE to the FieldClimate platform where they are analyzed with artificial intelligence (AI) software. The results are then visible on web or mobile devices and captured photos and data are stored online for future analysis. Data is real-time and photos show rectangles around the target insect, as well as summarized data of the daily count, targets in total and development of insect population during the season.

HOW MANY STATIONS TO INSTALL? 

We provide different types of traps, to monitor a broad spectrum of insect species, but the type and number of devices you need will depend on the size of your field and the insect you are targeting. The distribution of insects within a field can also vary widely. You may need to use multiple traps in larger fields, or different variations of iSCOUT if different pests are monitored in the same location.

KEY BENEFITS

Insect infestations can be devastating for your crops, and they can happen fast. iSCOUT gives you extra ‘eyes in the field’ so you can:

  • monitor a broad spectrum of insect species across several crops
  • see infestations in real-time through remote monitoring from your mobile device or computer
  • be alerted early with the first occurrence of inset pests in your crops
  • act on IPM strategies proactively, when they are needed most
  • decide when a mass trapping program would be most beneficial to your operation
  • get help with insect identification through the iSCOUT’s powerful AI-informed software
  • review stored photos and data for an accurate understanding of insect populations throughout the season

iSCOUT VARIATIONS

iSCOUT Pheromone

Designed and developed to catch insects with insect specific pheromone lures (codling moth, european grape berry moth, tomato leafminer and many other species). iSCOUT includes a metal plate where sticky paper and a pheromone lure can be applied.

iSCOUT FruitFly

Designed and developed for catching fruit flies (spotted wing drosophila, Mediterranean fruit fly and many other species). Includes 3 mm nettings on entries, so that bigger flies (house flies) and other non targets are not able to enter the trap. Tank for feeding lure and metal plate with sticky paper are included. To catch and monitor bigger flies, nettings can be removed.

iSCOUT Bug

Designed and developed for catching bugs (marmorated stink bug halyomorpha halys and other species). It includes a metal bottom plate with black pyramid wings and has closed side entries. Once the bug enters the trap from the bottom, it is fixed on the plate.

iSCOUT Color Trap

Designed and developed to monitor sticky traps of different colors. The device comes with a high resolution camera and a holder for a sticky plate.

  • blue: flies, leafminers, …
  • yellow: leafminers, olive fruit fly, western corn rootworm, common pollen beetle, …
  • white: apple sawfly, plum sawfly, plum fruit sawfly, raspberry beetle, …

iSCOUT Popillia

Developed for the monitoring of the invasive Japanese beetle Popillia japonica.

This add-on features a unique green funnel design that can hold on the P. japonica double lure above the opening of an iSCOUT Pheromone trap. Once attracted, the beetle falls into the trap and is efficiently retained by a slide mechanism and a sticky plate, preventing the insect from crawling out of the trap.

Catchable pests

Number of different insects can be caught by different types of iSCOUT devices.
Listed below you can see some of the insects that can be caught with iSCOUT.

  • Adoxophyes orana – summer fruit tortrix
  • Agrotis segetum – turnip moth
  • Amyelois transitella – navel orangeworm
  • Anarsia lineatella – peach twig borer
  • Archips podana – fruit tree tortrix moth
  • Autographa gamma – silver Y moth
  • Cydia funebrana – plum fruit moth
  • Cydia molesta – peach moth
  • Cydia pomonella – codling moth
  • Epiphyas postvittana – light brown apple moth
  • Eupoecilia ambiguella – european grape berry moth
  • Helicoverpa armigera – cotton bollworm/Corn earworm
  • Helicoverpa punctigera – native budworm
  • Lobesia botrana – european grapevine moth
  • Pandemis heparana – apple brown tortrix
  • Phthorimaea operculella – potato tuber moth
  • Plutella xylostella – diamondback moth
  • Spodoptera frugiperda – fall armyworm
  • Tuta absoluta – tomato leafminer

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

FEATURE VALUE
Memory
32 MB + 8 GB (for photos)
Internet connectivity
LTE class 1
GPS receiver
Yes
Dimensions of trap housing without control unit
20 cm L x 15.5 cm W x 17 cm H
Weight without control unit
0.93 kg
Battery
Rechargeable 6V, 12Ah, Operating range: -35°C to 80°C
Solar panel dimensions
17.5 x 17.5 cm, 7.2 Volt, 333 mA
Camera
10 megapixel camera
CONTROL UNIT - SENSORS CAMERA - PHOTOS
Measuring interval
15 minutes
taking photos: selected by the user (1 to max 3 times per day*)
Logging Interval
30 minutes
taking photos: selected by the user (1 to max 3 times per day*)
Transmission interval
60 minutes
after photo is taken

Internet based monitoring device, solar panel, rechargeable battery, GPRS Logger, GPS sensor

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