Tom Puterbaugh, Spensa Technologies vice president of products, and Spensa CEO Johnny Park prepare to install Z-Traps in an apple orchard. The Z-Trap is a Purdue discovery that has the potential to ...

Z-Trap 1 is an electronic insect trap allowing for remote monitoring of pest problems. The automated process of capturing and counting insects carries the potential for labor savings and greater ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Spensa Technologies Inc., a precision agriculture startup in Purdue Research Park, received a $630,000 SBIR Phase 2 grant from the National Science Foundation to expand its ...

Purdue University researchers have created a new device they say may have worldwide impact on insect pest populations. Spensa Technologies Vice President Tom Puterbaugh says the "Z-Trap" may also ...

The new designs include such features as fake branches that fool insects. As an insect climbs along the faux branches, it falls into one of the small holes on the trap and immediately enters a pool of ...

Lanternfly's attraction to vertical silhouettes could help monitor, trap it. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2021 / 04 / 210402114057.htm ...

Trap crops are also a great tool for drawing in pollinators and natural predators of insect pests into your garden. For example, sweet alyssum and buckwheat flowers attract wasps and hoverflies.

Traps help monitor destructive insects. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 56°F. Sunday, September 22nd 2024 Today's e-Edition. Home Page. Close Menu. News. News; Latest Headlines; ...

Scientists adapt household products to dupe and trap deadly disease-carrying insects in africa. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 07 ...