Fieldwork

Data digging from photographs of moths using deep-learning-based object detection

Background Biodiversity decline disproportionally affects hyperdiverse, yet low and middle-income, tropical regions, and Lepidoptera are among the most impacted taxa. Whereas monitoring in these countries is essential, only implementing low-cost solutions can guarantee success. The recent automatic image analysing methods allow for fast and low-cost solutions in monitoring biodiversity. Lepidoptera monitoring is relatively simple and …