A Novel Approach to Identify Red Palm Weevil on Palms

Red Palm Weevil is a deadly pest on palms. It destroys thousands of palms every year by feeding on the soft tissues of palm trunk which are less than 15-20 years. The productivity decreases resulting in huge loss. There is no accurate or exact solution to destroy this infestation in the early stages. Hence there arises a technology to identify the presence of RPW along with its larva by sensing its sound. To achieve this task, we need to devise an acoustic sensor so that defected trees can be easily picked up and proper measures can be engaged to destroy the pest. This technology depends on the acoustic emissions from pests. Clustering is also done on input data recorded which gives similarity measures between two signals. The Euclidean distance for the least significant output with the database will match and help in identifying the insect species.