Group curators
Tom August
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Alba Gomez Segura
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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Team Leader for "Computer Vision and Machine Learning" at University of Jena (Germany) working on algorithmic solutions for biodiversity monitoring tasks
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- @LYNNDICKS
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Kenyan Nature and Wildlife photographer
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Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM)
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- @jidec
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- @Jon_Sullivan
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Kia ora. I'm an ecologist at Lincoln University in Aotearoa-New Zealand. In these decades of rapid environmental change, I've turned myself into a human ecological monitoring machine (~1.5 millon observations so far since 2003). I'm now working on how to format and share my data.
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- @guitarfishmasum
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Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
Wildlife Biologist and Marine Conservationist
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- @BartCh
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I am a science assistant doing research in semi-open nature-reserves, and monitoring grazing livestock as a main managing tool, thereby using tracking devices.
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- @Teagle
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Mechanical engineer with a keen interest in understanding our surroundings and impact on the environment. Technical Project Manager by trade.
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- @jborras
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PhD student in plant biology
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- @GraSki
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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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Link
Interesting new methods to help improve insect detection "...this paper proposes three previously unused data augmentation approaches (gamma correction, bilateral filtering, and bit-plate slicing) which artificially...
31 August 2023
Funding
Tools for automating image analysis for biodiversity monitoring
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
Apply for funding (£500,000-£750,000) to develop software systems, which will help to improve biodiversity monitoring by automating the analysis of images and videos
12 July 2023
Careers
Wildlife Monitoring Engineer
Tom August
Permanent and Full Time role at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
8 June 2023
Careers
The Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, invites applications for a postdoc position to strengthen our team on image recognition and deep learning in ecology. Specifically, the candidate will further develop...
9 May 2023
Careers
Scaling up insect monitoring using computer vision
Dr Lynn Dicks
Postdoctoral position for 12 months initially, Cambridge University Agroecology Research Group.
6 April 2023
Careers
Hardware Lead - Biodiversity / Conservation
Ben Williamson
New role at Pivotal Earth
4 April 2023
Link
RECORDING Workshop on India-focused projects on insect monitoring
Alba Gomez Segura
Recording from our last webinar on India-focused projects on insect monitoring, where we had researchers of Indian origin or researchers working in Indian organisations present their work on insect monitoring.
23 March 2023
Article
Tropical pilot of insect camera traps
Tom August
New technology enabling the automated monitoring of moths has been put to rigorous testing in tropical conditions in Panama by an international team of researchers
22 February 2023
Careers
Are you excited by the potential for new technologies to help monitor the natural world? Do you enjoy communicating your passion for technology and nature with diverse audiences? We are seeking an enthusiastic...
2 February 2023
Article
Apply Now: AI for Conservation Office Hours
WILDLABS Team
Are you stuck on an AI or ML challenge in your conservation work? Apply now for the chance to receive tailored expert advice from data scientists! Applications due 27th January 2023
18 January 2023
Careers
PhD position (m/f/d) in Insect Ecology and Conservation
Andrew Fairbairn
This position focuses on the ecology aspect of the project, while a second PhD in Ilmenau will be dealing with programming/AI development. Because of the high temporal resolution of our data, we can investigate how land...
9 January 2023
Careers
PhD - Sensory ecology of vespine wasps
Duncan Wilson
a technology-led solution to understanding the honeybees of the wasp world
8 December 2022
May 2025
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| We have spent the past 9 months taking the lessons learnt from the AMI system to build an automated moth monitoring system... |
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Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects, Camera Traps | 1 day 8 hours ago | |
| The mothbox can currently be attached to a solar panel super easy (just plug in a barrel jack up to 20v 80 watts) and it charges the talentcell battery. We also monitor the power... |
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Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects | 2 weeks 6 days ago | |
| Otherwise Australian Entomology Supplies has a few options available such as UV lights and black lights, such as a this portable UV lamp. They can ship internationally. |
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Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects | 3 weeks 4 days ago | |
| I'm excited to announce that Outreach Robotics has finalized the development of our new insect camera traps, now officially named ... |
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Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects | 4 weeks 1 day ago | |
| Hey Amber, that makes a lot of sense! And this effort by Insect Detect is amazing, thanks for sharing! |
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AI for Conservation, Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects | 1 month ago | |
| Hi all, I'm Vainqueur BULAMBO. I'm looking for a fully funded PhD opportunity in ecological data science or conservation... |
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Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects | 1 month 2 weeks ago | |
| @hikinghack that's a complete update!A lot of compassion regarding the budget situation, especially knowing how great @briannaljohns is.It’s great to see a clear plan for the... |
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Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects | 2 months 1 week ago | |
| Thanks! Yes, we added electronics to power an external UV light only during periods when the camera is set to take pictures. |
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Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects, Camera Traps | 2 months 3 weeks ago | |
| Me and @briannajohns field tested amphibious deployments for the Mothbox in cool jungle rivers!We designed the Mothbox to be super... |
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Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects | 3 months ago | |
| featuring @briannajohns @hikinghack @Hubertszcz |
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Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects | 3 months 2 weeks ago | |
| Sounds like so much fun. Would love to replicate this one out here in Cambodia |
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Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects | 3 months 4 weeks ago | |
| Wow! What a start of the year! Congratulations! |
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Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects | 4 months 1 week ago |
