Multisensor Data Fusion for Automatized Insect Monitoring (KInsecta)
This work addresses the need for non-lethal, systematic insect monitoring to support conservation and agriculture, though it is incremental as it builds on existing sensor and AI techniques.
The paper tackles insect population monitoring by developing a low-cost multisensor system using AI-based data fusion for species classification, achieving promising results on a small, unbalanced dataset of 7 species.
Insect populations are declining globally, making systematic monitoring essential for conservation. Most classical methods involve death traps and counter insect conservation. This paper presents a multisensor approach that uses AI-based data fusion for insect classification. The system is designed as low-cost setup and consists of a camera module and an optical wing beat sensor as well as environmental sensors to measure temperature, irradiance or daytime as prior information. The system has been tested in the laboratory and in the field. First tests on a small very unbalanced data set with 7 species show promising results for species classification. The multisensor system will support biodiversity and agriculture studies.