FarmArmour

Your phone camera, stopping pest insects.

An Aussie start-up using machine learning to detect bugs. App coming soon!

[FarmArmour @FarmArmour]

We're proud to announce you can now download our #app to help identify and stop #pest #insects.

What bug is that? Identify insects now using your photos and our AI.

FarmArmour: Your phone camera. Stopping pest insects.

https://t.co/ptIyGqyvBQ

#science #innovation #AI

[Eerika @EerikaSchulz]

Theages griseatum from Finca Heimatlos Eco Lodge and Farm, near Puyo, Ecuador.

[FarmArmour @FarmArmour]

A gorgeous colour palette!

[Butterfly Planet @Butterfliesgeo]

Sunflower 🌻🌻🌻 With Butterfly 🦋🦋🦋

#butterfly

[GRDC @theGRDC]

The GRDC has worked to develop an ambitious 2023-28 RD&E Plan that will respond to growers' needs and current trends in the industry.

Now we want your feedback to best shape the investment direction for the next five years.

[FarmArmour @FarmArmour]

Nearly $US 70 billion- the cost of invasive species in #Africa. Wow.

We're hoping to do our part to fix it.

FarmArmour: Your phone camera, stopping #pest #insects.

[CABI Invasive Species @CABI_Invasives]

😱🪱 The annual impact of IAS was highest on cassava (USD $21.8 billion), followed by citrus fruits (USD $14.6 billion), tomato (USD $10.1 billion), maize (USD $9.8 billion) and banana (USD $7.1 billion).

Learn more👇

[Steven Falk @StevenFalk1]

Some new tachinid genera added to Flickr (Billaea, Dexia, Dexiosoma, Dinera, Eriothrix, Estheria, Prosena, Thelaira and Trixa) using what I have to hand https://t.co/TQiGHq2nm8. I'll fill the gaps when I get to @morethanadodo and @NHM_Diptera. Phew, this is a mighty big family.

[FarmArmour @FarmArmour]

We need to keep our plants healthy!

[Food and Agriculture Organization @FAO]

Healthy plants can help to:

🍚 end hunger
⬇️ reduce poverty
🌎 protect the environment
📈 boost economic development
& so much more!

We need to protect plants for people & planet 👉 https://t.co/EZGpvo3hnL

[Plants EFSA @Plants_EFSA]

#Xylella taiwanensis: EFSA recently published the pest categorisation. The only natural host are Oriental pear and Nashi, but there is high probability that the bacteria could infect other #pear species. https://t.co/JIBwdENG3i

[Entomological Society of Victoria 🐛🐜🦟🐞🕷️🦗 @EntSocVic]

Tasmania Series: Moving to southern Tasmania, south of Hobart on North Bruny Island. This amazing grasshopper, the Tasmanian Grasshopper (Tasmaniacris tasmaniensis), from the short-horned grasshopper family Acrididae, was observed by #EntSocVic member @anthonykurek_. #insects

[CABI Invasive Species @CABI_Invasives]

⚠️🌿💧 #Invasive aquatic weeds are causing havoc across water bodies.

We've picked out 5️⃣ unwanted plants to look out for, which includes parrot's feather, a species that thrives in habitats prone to disturbances.

👉 Read today on our invasive blog: https://t.co/ZDSCp6eWFU

[Iowa State Plant Protection @ISU_IPM]

Let's hope this new corn disease doesn't make it to Iowa fields...tar spot is enough for now!

But if it does, @ISUExtension & @CropNetwork will be there for farmers.

@dsmuelle @alisonrISU @PlantPathISU @ChelseaPlantDoc @ISDPPodcast #IPM #agtwitter @ISUCropNews #plantdisease

[VisibleNature @VisibleNature]

Celebrating the very first images on Wikipedia of many butterfly species from Sumatra. Thanks to @FishGuyKai for sharing them on @inaturalist under a CC-BY-SA license 🦋

1. Abisara aita https://t.co/7VYvtXaxb8

[FarmArmour @FarmArmour]

Amazing!!

[Butterfly Conservation 🦋 @savebutterflies]

Most butterflies overwinter as a caterpillar or pupa, however the brrrilliant Brimstone is one of the most cold-resistant species that overwinters in the UK as a butterfly.

📷: Eberhard Pfeuffer
#Winterwatch #SaveButterflies @BBCSpringwatch

[Butterfly Conservation 🦋 @savebutterflies]

The Brimstone does not freeze due to stored glycerin in its bodily fluids. At the beginning of winter, it discharges some of its bodily fluids eliminating practically all of the water that it doesn’t need! #Winterwatch

📷: Eberhard Pfeuffer

[Butterfly Conservation 🦋 @savebutterflies]

The answer is the stunning Chalk Hill Blue! Find out more about this species 👉 https://t.co/iOE4r0E8Lq

[IPPC | International Plant Protection Convention @ippcnews]

🤔 #DYK? Damsel fly is beneficial to farmers because it eats pests 🦗

💡This is an example of Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

IPM reduces the need for pesticides by encouraging the natural enemies of the pests attacking their crops.

#PlantHealht🌱

[FarmArmour @FarmArmour]

Longhorn beetles!

[Entomological Society of Victoria 🐛🐜🦟🐞🕷️🦗 @EntSocVic]

Tasmania Series: It's beetles galore in Tasmania with this amazing beetle, Dorcadida bilocularis (a member of the Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles sub-family Lamiinae) observed by #EntSocVic member @dkwildlife near St Helens, NE Tasmania. #insects

[mazzy @DailyBugFriends]

˗ˋˏ°• Red-headed Meadow Katydid (Orchelimum erythrocephalum) © Thomas j Astle

[FarmArmour @FarmArmour]

Stop the weeds!

[CABI Invasive Species @CABI_Invasives]

🌺 Don't be fooled by the pink flowers.

Himalayan balsam is one of the UK's most invasive and problematic weed species.

CABI are dedicated to minimising the issues of this destructive pest.

📢 Learn more here: https://t.co/xhLxzfs9Gd