Overview
Overview
Smart Pest Traps are solar-powered, camera-equipped pheromone traps that photograph the sticky board on a schedule, run on-device AI to count and identify each captured insect by species, and stream the data and the photo back to a cloud pest-pressure map. Scouts and IPM managers get push alerts the moment a block crosses its action threshold.
Built for orchards, vineyards, row crops, greenhouses and grain stores that already use sticky / delta / funnel traps but want to stop physically walking every trap every week — turning 12 hours of scouting into a 5-minute morning dashboard check while catching outbreaks days earlier.
- Auto-counts & auto-IDs — no more squinting at sticky boards, no more spreadsheets
- 62-species classifier — codling moth, apple maggot, leafroller, brown stink bug, fruit fly, thrips, whitefly, aphid, plus regional pest packs
- Pressure heatmap — block-by-block visualisation triggers spray decisions on threshold, not calendar
- Lure-replenishment alerts — never get caught with an expired pheromone again
How It Works
The diagram above shows the four layers of a Smart Pest Trap deployment. Hover any module to see the live telemetry it produces.
- Camera Pest Trap — a delta or bucket-style trap with sticky board, replaceable pheromone lure cartridge, an 8 MP IR-cut camera, IR LED flash, solar panel, battery and LoRa / 4G radio. Hangs in the canopy and photographs the board every 2–6 hours.
- AI Vision ID — a YOLOv8 detector + species classifier runs on edge or cloud, drawing a bounding box on every insect, naming the species and assigning a confidence score, then aggregating into a per-block pressure map.
- Cloud Dashboard — every trap across every block rolls up into a 30-day trend, a pressure heatmap, season-threshold tracking and an audit trail of photos for compliance/insurance.
- Scout & Alerts — IPM scouts and farm managers get push and SMS the moment a threshold is breached, with one-tap actions to schedule a spray, order a lure refill, or dispatch a scout to verify in person.
A continuous feedback loop pushes model retrains (new local species), updated thresholds, lure-refill schedules and firmware back to the trap — visible as the purple stream along the bottom of the diagram.
Features
- Auto-photography — 8 MP IR-cut camera, scheduled 2–6 h or motion-triggered
- On-device species ID — 62-species model, 100+ ms edge inference, 90–96% accuracy on common pests
- Pheromone-agnostic — swappable lure cartridge fits standard Trécé, Suterra, Pherobank, Russell IPM dispensers
- Lure-life model — temperature- and time-weighted expiry; alert at 7 days remaining
- Pressure heatmap — block-by-block visualisation with action-threshold colouring
- Custom species packs — regional pest models (Mediterranean fruit fly, fall armyworm, spotted wing drosophila) added on request
- Solar-powered — 5 W panel + 6 Ah battery, 21-day no-sun reserve
- Open data — REST, MQTT, CSV; export to FAR program, AgWorld, Climate FieldView, Trimble Ag
Use Cases
- Pome & stone fruit orchards — codling moth, apple maggot, oriental fruit moth, cherry fruit fly
- Vineyards — grapevine moth, leafhopper, spotted wing drosophila
- Berry & soft fruit — spotted wing drosophila, raspberry beetle, thrips
- Vegetable row crops — fall armyworm, cabbage looper, diamondback moth
- Greenhouses — whitefly, thrips, leafminer (yellow / blue sticky cards)
- Grain storage — Indian meal moth, weevils inside silo and warehouse traps
- Public health / quarantine — Mediterranean & oriental fruit fly surveillance for biosecurity
Specifications
- Camera: 8 MP CMOS, IR-cut filter, 60° FoV, IR LED flash (940 nm)
- AI: YOLOv8-nano detector + EfficientNet-Lite classifier; 62 species; conf threshold configurable
- Trap formats: delta, bucket, funnel, yellow / blue sticky card; field-replaceable insert
- Lure compatibility: Trécé, Suterra, Pherobank, Russell IPM, ISCA, custom blend
- Connectivity: LoRaWAN (primary), 4G LTE-M (cellular variant), Bluetooth for in-field service
- Power: 5 W mono solar + 6 Ah LiFePO₄, 21-day autonomy
- Construction: UV-stable ABS, IP65, −20 to +60 °C operating
- Cadence: photo every 2/4/6 h or on motion; 6–12 photos/day typical
- Certifications: CE, FCC, RoHS; data export GDPR / FSMA-PCQI compliant
Product information
| Product name | Smart Pest Traps |
|---|---|
| Category | Agriculture IoT |
| Type | IoT Based Product |
| Procurement | Contact / Negotiable |
Customisation options
- Trap format — delta (moths), bucket (fruit fly), funnel (beetles), yellow / blue sticky card (greenhouse), pitfall (ground)
- Target species pack — pome & stone fruit, vine & berry, vegetable row crop, greenhouse, grain-store, biosecurity surveillance
- Lure system — Trécé, Suterra, Pherobank, Russell IPM, ISCA cartridges; subscription auto-refill option
- AI inference — cloud-only (cheaper), edge + cloud (offline-safe), or edge-only (LTE-free remote sites)
- Connectivity — LoRaWAN, NB-IoT, 4G LTE-M, or satellite for ultra-remote orchards
- Photo cadence — 2 h / 4 h / 6 h scheduled, motion-triggered, or hybrid
- Custom species training — bring 200 photos of your local pest, we train and deploy a custom model in 14 days
- Integrations — AgWorld, Climate FieldView, Trimble Ag, FieldClimate, plus REST / MQTT / CSV export for FSMA-PCQI / GAP audits
Ordering & lead time
Standard lead time depends on current stock. For volume orders, please contact our team for a structured quote including BOQ, freight, installation and warranty terms.
Support
Engineering support, installation guidance and warranty claims are handled by our customer success team. Reach us at support@sgtsystems.com or via the channels listed on our Contact page.