PICT: A low cost, modular, open‐source camera trap system to study plant‐insect interactions
- Droissart, Vincent
- Azandi, Laura
- Onguene, Eric Rostand
- Savignac, Marie
- Smith, Thomas,
- Deblauwe, Vincent
DOIAbstract
International audience1. Commercial camera traps (CTs) commonly used in wildlife studies have several technical limitations that restrict their scope of application. They are not easily customizable, unit prices sharply increase with image quality, and importantly, they are not designed to record the activity of ectotherms such as insects. Those developed for the study of plant-insect interactions are yet to be widely adopted as they rely on expensive and heavy equipment. 2. We developed PICT (Plant-insect Interactions Camera Trap), an inexpensive (720p resolution with a 110 Wh power bank (30,000 mAh). Its ultra-portable (<1 kg) waterproof design and modular architecture is practical in diverse field settings. We provide an illustrated tech...