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An electric field screen prevents captured insects from escaping by depriving bioelectricity generated through insect movements |
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| Authors: | Koji Kakutani Yoshinori Matsuda Kayo Haneda Dai Sekoguchi Teruo Nonomura Junji Kimbara Kazumi Osamura Shin-ichi Kusakari Hideyoshi Toyoda |
| Institution: | 1. Pharmaceutical Research and Technology Institute, Kinki University, 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan;2. Laboratory of Phytoprotection Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University, Nakamachi, Nara 631-8505, Japan;3. Research Institute, Kagome Co., Ltd., Tochigi 329-2762, Japan;4. Technical Development Unit, Panasonic Environmental Systems & Engineering Co., Ltd., Osaka 564-0062, Japan;5. Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences Research Center of Osaka Prefecture, Osaka 583-0862, Japan |
| Abstract: | An insulated conductor wire (ICW) paralleled with an earthed net was used to observe movements by vinegar flies in relation to their electricity release. ICW was negatively charged to create a positive charge on the net. At particular voltages, flies were attracted to ICW. This attraction was triggered by the deprivation of the insect negative charge with the net. Eventually the insects became net positive and were drawn to the ICW negative charge. The attracted insects generated bioelectricity through skeletal muscular movements. However, the electricity produced was depleted by the net without neutralizing their positive charge in the insect body. |
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