Approaches for the Design of Sensor Networks for Pest Monitoring in Farming Applications.

Invasive species have increasingly become a problem in recent years. Climate change and changing environmental conditions allow them to conquer new habitats. E.g. the Brown Mamorated Stink Bug (lat. halyomorpha halys) (BMSB) has been spreading across Europe and causes significant damage to fruit crops in Italy. To be able to quickly respond to such threats, it is important to understand which environmental conditions are beneficial or harmful for such pests. In this paper, we present a sensor network to help determine the relevant environmental factors for detecting and implementing countermeasures against such pests. We highlight the challenges of designing the system and show the lessons we learned during the deployment and operation of eight months.