“…AI systems have demonstrated remarkable success in recognizing and identifying objects in images. By training AI to recognize the visual characteristics of different insect pests, such as their colour, shape, and size, these systems can be used to analyse images of crops and ecosystems and identify pests that are present (Azfar et al., 2023; Chithambarathanu & Jeyakumar, 2023; de Telmo & Rieder, 2020; Domingues et al., 2022; Li et al., 2021; Li, Wang, et al., 2020; Lima et al., 2020; Liu et al., 2019; Partel et al., 2019; Zhao, Liu, et al., 2022; Zhao, Zhou, et al., 2022). The training process for AI involves feeding them a large number of images of different pests and allowing them to learn the patterns and features that distinguish them from one another.…”