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A Precise and Autonomous System for the Detection of Insect Emergence Patterns
Meghan M. Bennett 1,2, Joseph P. Rinehart 3, George D. Yocum 3, Ian Yocum 3
1Department of Biological Sciences, North Dakota State University, 2School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, 3Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center, USDA-ARS

Measurement of insect emergence patterns requires precision. Existing systems are only semi-automated and sample size is limited. We addressed these issues by designing a system using microcontrollers to precisely measure the time of emergence of large numbers of emerging insects.

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