阅读说明：本技术 一种蓟马分离装置及分离和储存蓟马的方法 (Thrips separating device and method for separating and storing thrips ) 是由 班丽萍 李鑫 李瑾 刘艳琪 戴雯婷 许慧中 尚巧霞 闫哲 祝宁 岳瑾 杨宝峰 于 2021-09-03 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及蓟马分离装置及分离和储存蓟马的方法。该装置包括：装置主体、第一盒盖及第二盒盖,第一盒盖可固定在装置主体的开口处且可拆卸；第一盒盖包括开关挡片、内凹过滤网以及固定开关挡片和内凹过滤网的第一盖环；内凹过滤网的开口固定在第一盖环的内壁,开关挡片固定在第一盖环上可开启和闭合,内凹过滤网的孔径大于待采集的蓟马的体宽。本公开中蓟马分离装置,在第一盒盖中的开关挡片开启时采集昆虫,并通过内凹过滤网将待收集的蓟马分离过滤到装置主体内,收集完毕,更换第二盒盖即可储存蓟马。仅通过该装置就能够使得蓟马与田间其他昆虫进行分离和储存,减少人工分离时间,同时避免对蓟马的损伤,提高蓟马采集的效率。(The invention relates to a thrips separating device and a method for separating and storing thrips. The device includes: the device comprises a device body, a first box cover and a second box cover, wherein the first box cover can be fixed at the opening of the device body and can be detached; the first box cover comprises a switch baffle plate, an inwards concave filter screen and a first cover ring for fixing the switch baffle plate and the inwards concave filter screen; the opening of the concave filter screen is fixed on the inner wall of the first cover ring, the switch blocking piece is fixed on the first cover ring and can be opened and closed, and the aperture of the concave filter screen is larger than the body width of the thrips to be collected. Thrips separator in this disclosure gathers the insect when the switch separation blade in first lid is opened to in will waiting the thrips separation that collects filter the device main part through the indent filter screen, collect and finish, change the second lid and can store the thrips. Just can make thrips separate and store with other insects in the field through the device, reduce artifical separation time, avoid the damage to thrips simultaneously, improve the efficiency that thrips was gathered.)

1. A thrips separating device, characterized by comprising: the first box cover can be fixed at the opening of the device body and can be detached;

the first box cover comprises a switch blocking piece, an inwards concave filter screen and a first cover ring for fixing the switch blocking piece and the inwards concave filter screen; an opening of the concave filter screen is fixed on the inner wall of the first cover ring, and the switch blocking piece is fixed on the first cover ring and can be opened and closed; the aperture of the concave filter screen is larger than the body width of the thrips to be collected.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the internal concave filter screen has a pore size of 80 mesh.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the device body is a transparent cylindrical shape, and the first cover ring has the same shape as the opening of the device body.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the concave filter screen has a height in the longitudinal direction of the apparatus body that is less than a height of the apparatus body.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the concave filter screen is 1/2 the apparatus body height in the apparatus body longitudinal direction.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the switch flap, when closed, seals an opening surface of the first cover ring.

7. The device of claim 1, further comprising a second cover, the second cover being removably securable to the opening of the device body.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the second cover comprises a second cover ring and a gas permeable mesh peripherally fixed to an open surface of the second cover ring, the second cover ring having a shape identical to the shape of the opening of the device body.

9. The device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the pore size of the gas-permeable mesh is smaller than the body width of the thrips to be harvested.

10. A method for the isolation and storage of thrips based on the device according to any of the claims 1-9, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:

a first box cover is covered on the device main body, collected insects are collected into the concave filter screen through opening and closing of the switch blocking piece, and thrips are filtered to the bottom of the device main body through the concave filter screen;

repeating the steps of collecting insects and filtering thrips, and taking down the first box cover after the collection of the thrips is finished; and

and covering the device main body provided with the thrips with the second box cover.

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of agricultural technologies, and in particular, to a thrips separating apparatus and a method for separating and storing thrips.

Background

Thrips is a general term for insects of the order Thysanoptera (Thysanoptera), and has a tiny body, strong fertility and serious generation overlap. Most of the pests are phytophagous pests, plant juice is prickled by a file-suction mouthpart, the concealment in plants is strong, the pests can be generated on plant leaves, flowers and fruits, and meanwhile, part of thrips can also spread plant viruses to cause more serious damage. In the process of researching the biological characteristics, the ecological characteristics and the prevention and control methods of thrips, the collection of thrips from the field is an indispensable step. However, because the types of the field insects are complex, taking the alfalfa field as an example, in the full-bloom stage, pests such as thrips, aphids, lygus, leafhopper, leaf beetles and the like and natural enemies such as ladybug and the like form a rich ecological insect community, and great trouble is caused to the collection of thrips. If the thrips and other insects are separated in the field or taken back to a laboratory with a brush pen or a bug sucker, a great deal of time and energy can be spent, and simultaneously, damage can be caused to the thrips to influence the subsequent tests.

At present, the device for separating and catching the small insects by taking the electric insect sucking device as a main body can collect various small insects at the same time, but the function of separating the insects by the device needs to be established under the condition that the insects can be distinguished by naked eyes, the insect species needs to be artificially, quickly and accurately distinguished, and then the different insect storage devices are rotated to separate and collect various insects. Although the device can achieve the purpose of separating and collecting insects in the field, the operability is poor.

Disclosure of Invention

The present disclosure provides a thrips separating device and a method for separating and storing thrips, in order to at least solve the problems of poor operability and damage to collected thrips of the prior art devices for separating thrips. The technical scheme of the disclosure is as follows:

according to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a thrips separating apparatus, comprising: the first box cover can be fixed at the opening of the device body and can be detached;

the first box cover comprises a switch blocking piece, an inwards concave filter screen and a first cover ring for fixing the switch blocking piece and the inwards concave filter screen; the opening of the concave filter screen is fixed on the inner wall of the first cover ring, the switch blocking piece is fixed on the first cover ring and can be opened and closed, and the aperture of the concave filter screen is larger than the body width of the thrips to be collected. The concave filter screen is used for filtering collected thrips into the device main body.

In an exemplary embodiment, the pore size of the concave filter screen is 80 mesh.

In an exemplary embodiment, the device body is a transparent cylindrical shape, and the first cover ring has the same shape as the opening of the device body.

In an exemplary embodiment, the concave filter screen has a height in the longitudinal direction of the apparatus body smaller than the height of the apparatus body.

In an exemplary embodiment, the concave filter screen is 1/2 the height of the device body in the longitudinal direction of the device body.

In an exemplary embodiment, the opening flap, when closed, may seal an opening surface of the first cover ring.

In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus further includes a second cover which is detachably fixed to the opening of the apparatus body, and the second cover ring has the same shape as the opening of the apparatus body.

In an exemplary embodiment, the second cover includes a second cover ring and a gas permeable mesh peripherally fixed to an open surface of the second cover ring.

In an exemplary embodiment, the pore size of the gas permeable mesh is smaller than the body width of the thrips to be harvested.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for separating and storing thrips based on the above apparatus, comprising the steps of:

a first box cover is covered on the device main body, collected insects are collected into the concave filter screen through opening and closing of the switch blocking piece, and thrips are separated and filtered to the bottom of the device main body through the concave filter screen;

repeating the steps of collecting insects and filtering thrips, and taking down the first box cover after the collection of the thrips is finished; and

and covering the device main body provided with the thrips with the second box cover.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure at least brings the following beneficial effects:

according to the thrips separator of this disclosure, the insect that will gather when the switch separation blade in first lid is opened is put into first lid, the thrips can filter the device main part through the indent filter screen in, other body width are greater than the insect of filter screen and are blockked unable filtration to the device main part by the indent filter screen in, consequently just can make thrips and other insects separate through this thrips separation and storage device, greatly reduce the manual separation time, avoid the damage to the insect simultaneously, the efficiency of thrips collection is improved.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure and are not to be construed as limiting the disclosure.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a thrips separating apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view illustrating a first cover according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a device body according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a thrips separating apparatus according to another exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view illustrating a second cover according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic flow diagram illustrating a method of isolating and storing thrips according to an exemplary embodiment.

The components of the figures are illustrated as follows:

1. a device main body; 2. a first box cover; 2.1. an inward concave filter screen; 2.2. a first cover ring; 2.3. a switch catch; 3. a second box cover; 3.1. a breathable net; 3.2. a second cover ring.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical solutions of the present disclosure better understood by those of ordinary skill in the art, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present disclosure and in the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the disclosure described herein are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view showing a thrips separating apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the thrips separating apparatus including: the device comprises a device body 1 and a first box cover 2, wherein the first box cover 2 can be fixed at an opening of the device body 1 and can be detached; the first box cover 2 comprises a switch baffle plate 2.3, an inwards concave filter screen 2.1 and a first cover ring 2.2 for fixing the switch baffle plate 2.3 and the inwards concave filter screen 2.1; the opening of the concave filter screen 2.1 is fixed on the inner wall of the first cover ring 2.2, the switch baffle plate 2.3 is fixed on the first cover ring 2.2 and can be opened and closed, and the concave filter screen is used for filtering collected thrips into the device main body.

The aperture of the concave filter screen is selected according to the body width of the thrips. The body width of thrips is usually 100-. Under the aperture, thrips can enter the device main body 1 through the concave filter screen 2.1, and other insects with body sizes larger than that of thrips are blocked on the concave filter screen. Just can make thrips and other insects separate through this thrips separator, avoid the damage to thrips simultaneously, improve the efficiency that thrips was collected. Of course, other insects can be separated by adjusting the aperture of the concave filter screen.

The components of the thrips separating device will be described in detail below.

In this public thrips separator, the insect that will gather when the switch separation blade in first lid is opened is put into first lid to filter the device main part in with the thrips of waiting to collect through indent filter screen.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the first cover 2 according to an exemplary embodiment, where the first cover 2 includes a first cover ring 2.2 and an inwardly concave filter net 2.1, where the first cover ring is fixed to the apparatus body in fig. 3, and the fixing manner may include screw thread rotation fixing, snap fixing, and the like, and the fixing manner of the first cover and the apparatus body is not limited in this embodiment.

The device main part is transparent cylindricality, the shape of first cover ring and second cover ring is the same with the opening shape of device main part.

The main body of the device is transparent so that a collector can conveniently observe the condition of collecting thrips in the main body of the device. The cylindrical design is convenient for taking the thrips and fixing the first box cover during the experiment, and is convenient to carry and the like.

In order to separate the thrips from other insects in the field, the aperture of the concave filter screen is larger than the body width of the thrips to be collected, so that after the thrips are collected, the thrips can be filtered into the device main body through the concave filter screen, and other insects which are larger than the aperture of the filter screen and are not filtered can be left in the concave filter screen. In the embodiment of the disclosure, taking thrips as an example, the pore size of the 2.1 concave filter screen is 178 μm (80 mesh) slightly larger than the width of thrips 100-150 μm. By utilizing the biological characteristics of small size, strong activity and the like of the thrips: inside it can in time enter into the device main part through the indent filter screen when contacting first lid, and the great insect of other bodily forms is stopped outside to effectively solve the difficult problem of separating of field thrips.

The height of the concave filter screen in the longitudinal direction of the device main body is smaller than that of the device main body. Therefore, the separated thrips can be conveniently stored in the device main body in a certain amount due to the space in the device main body. The preferred concave filter screen is 1/2 the height of the device body in the longitudinal direction of the device body. If the concave filter screen is too short in the longitudinal height of the device main body, the collection times of collected insects are increased, the switch blocking piece is always opened and closed, and the efficiency of collecting thrips is influenced.

In the field thrips collecting and separating process, along with the increase of density of the thrips in the device, part of the thrips escape outwards along the inner wall, and the semi-movable switch separation blade at the top of the first box cover in the design can simply and effectively solve the problem. In order to avoid insects after collection from climbing out of the collecting device, the opening surface of the first cover ring can be sealed when the switch blocking piece is closed. The switch blocking piece and the first cover ring can be fixed in a single point or two points, and other modes can also be used, and the fixing mode of the switch blocking piece and the first cover ring is not limited in the embodiment. In addition, the switch blocking piece can also be in a net shape, a ring sleeve which is convenient to open and close can be arranged on the net-shaped outer ring, if the switch blocking piece is in the net-shaped outer ring, the size of the net hole is smaller than the body width of the thrips, and the possibility that the collected thrips escape when not separated into the device main body is avoided.

After the collection thrips finishes and collect a certain amount of thrips, the switch separation blade on the first box cover can also be opened and closed to and there are other collected insects in the indent filter screen, the transportation of inconvenient thrips, therefore for convenient transportation, fig. 4 is a schematic diagram showing another thrips separator's structure, as shown in fig. 4, this thrips separator has realized the convenient transportation after the collection thrips.

Thrips separator still includes second lid 3, second lid 3 can fix the opening part of device main part just can dismantle. As shown in fig. 5, the second cover 3 includes a second cover ring 3.2 and a gas permeable net 3.1 fixed around an opening surface of the second cover ring 3.2. Wherein the aperture of the breathable net 3.1 is smaller than the body width of the thrips. Avoid in the transportation, the thrips climbs out thrips storage device outside. The breathable net 3.1 is arranged to be convenient for the thrips to be out of the closed environment, so that the survival rate of the thrips is guaranteed.

The thrips separating device in the above embodiment has the functions of collection, separation, storage and transportation. Wherein the first box cover has the function of separating the thrips. The second box cover is fixed with the device main body, so that the effects of thrips storage and transportation are realized.

The thrips separating and storing device provided by the disclosure has the advantages of few types of materials, simple material acquisition, simple and easy manufacturing process and low cost, and is a conventional and necessary article in a laboratory.

FIG. 6 shows a schematic flow diagram of a method for separating and storing thrips using a thrips separating apparatus, as shown in FIG. 6, the method for separating and storing thrips comprising the steps of:

601. a first box cover is covered on the device main body, collected insects are collected into the concave filter screen through opening and closing of the switch blocking piece, and thrips are filtered to the bottom of the device main body through the concave filter screen;

602. repeating the steps of collecting insects and filtering thrips, and taking down the first box cover after the collection of the thrips is finished; and

603. and covering the device main body provided with the thrips with the second box cover.

The method realizes the collection, separation, storage and transportation of the thrips, greatly reduces the time for artificially separating the thrips in the collection process of the thrips, does not damage the thrips and improves the efficiency of obtaining the thrips.

The above-mentioned thrips separating apparatus and the method for separating and storing thrips by the apparatus are explained below by specific examples.

The first embodiment is as follows: alfalfa field thrips separating device, and method and application for separating and storing thrips

Taking the practical thrips separating and storing process as an example, the method for separating and storing the thrips is explained in detail, and the specification and the size of the thrips separating device can be as follows: the diameter of the bottom surface of a plastic cylinder of the device main body 1 is 10cm, the height is 14.5cm, the thickness is 1.5mm, and the inner diameter of an opening of the plastic cylinder is 9 cm; the diameter of a circular hole of a first cover ring 2.2 on the surface of the first box cover 2 is 7cm, the diameter of a switch separation blade (a semi-fixed circular movable plastic sheet) on the outer surface is 8cm, the thickness is 1.5mm, a circular nylon net (namely an inwards concave filter net) which is fixed on the inner surface for filtering has the diameter of 2.1 cm, the aperture specification is 178 mu m (80 meshes) and is slightly larger than the width of the thrips body which is 100-150 mu m; the diameter of a round hole on the surface of a second cover ring 3.2 in the second cover 3, namely the storage box cover, is 7cm, the diameter of a breathable net (a circular nylon net) is 8cm, and the aperture specification is 48 mu m (300 meshes).

The steps for isolating and storing thrips are as follows:

the method comprises the following steps: the second cover 2 is removed from the apparatus body 1. In order to absorb the water vapor generated by the plant tissues, a layer of absorbent paper is respectively padded on the inner wall and the bottom of the device body 1. Collecting leaf and flower of herba Medicaginis, and loading to about 2/5 of the main body 1 as food source and habitat of thrips.

Step two: the first box cover 2 is covered, and the top switch blocking piece 2.3 (which can be a plastic blocking piece) is opened. Using A4 paper as primary collection container, beating the thrips on the plant to A4 paper, curling A4 paper properly, quickly sweeping the thrips together with other insects into the first box cover with a brush pen, and covering the switch blocking piece. As the thrips is small in size, the thrips can quickly pass through the 80-mesh filter screen and enter the device to feed plants, and other insects are blocked on the concave filter screen 2.1. And after multiple times of collection, taking down the first box cover, discarding other insects, and repeating the process until the collection is finished.

Step three: the first box cover 2 is taken down, the second box cover 3 is replaced, and the thrips separating and storing device is horizontally placed into a containing box or a plastic bag and is taken back to the laboratory.

In the first step, a large amount of water vapor is easily generated by placing plant tissues in the plastic device, so that the thrips are drowned. The top of the device is provided with a breathable nylon net, and the main body of the device is provided with absorbent paper which can discharge or absorb water vapor in the device in time, thereby reducing the death of thrips. The arrangement of the water absorption paper is simple and practical, and meanwhile, the large-area breathable net is prevented from being arranged in the device main body, so that the device is firmer, and the service life of the device can be prolonged.

Example two: comparison of efficiency of different Collection methods of thrips

The efficiencies of the two methods are compared by manually separating the thrips by adopting the existing method and collecting and separating the thrips by adopting the device, and the results are shown in table 1. When the experiment of collecting and separating thrips is carried out in the alfalfa field, the number of the obtained thrips is counted in 10min, 20min and 30min respectively, the number of the obtained thrips is far larger than that of the thrips selected by an artificial writing brush for the collecting and separating device as a result, the device is used for being compared with the traditional artificial thrips separating and collecting mode, and the working efficiency is more than 300% of that of the latter. The device has simple structure, simple and convenient operation and simple and quick conversion between the working state and the storage state. The method for separating the thrips of the thrips separating and storing device in the embodiment can keep stable and lasting collecting effect and collecting efficiency for a long time.

TABLE 1 comparison of thrips collected at the same time using different methods

Based on the above, the thrips separating device and the method for separating and storing thrips by using the same of the present invention have the following advantages:

(1) the problem of difficult separation when field thrips are gathered is solved.

This openly filters the thrips to the device main part in through indent filter screen, need not artifical the choosing. The design of the 80-mesh concave filter screen is adopted, and the biological characteristics of small size, strong activity and the like of the thrips are utilized. Contact first lid and can enter into inside the device main part through the indent filter screen rapidly when it, and the great insect of other bodily forms is stopped outside to effectively solve the difficult problem of separating of field thrips.

(2) Preventing thrips from escaping in the collecting process.

In the field thrips collecting process, along with the increase of the density of the thrips in the device, part of the thrips escape outwards along the inner wall, and the semi-movable switch separation blade at the top of the first box cover in the design can simply and effectively solve the problem.

(3) The problem of plastics collection system easy ponding is solved.

The plant tissues placed in the plastic device are easy to generate a large amount of water vapor, so that the thrips are drowned. The top of the device is provided with a breathable nylon net, and the main body of the device is provided with absorbent paper which can discharge or absorb water vapor in the device in time, thereby reducing the death of thrips. The arrangement of the water absorption paper is simple and practical, and meanwhile, the large-area breathable net is prevented from being arranged in the device main body, so that the device is firmer, and the service life of the device can be prolonged.

(4) The collection efficiency is high.

The device has simple structure, simple and convenient operation and simple and quick conversion between the working state and the storage state. Compared with the traditional artificial thrips separation and collection mode, the device has the working efficiency of over 300 percent of the latter.

(5) Simple material and low cost.

The materials used for manufacturing are few in variety, are conventional and necessary articles in a laboratory, are easy to obtain, are simple and easy to manufacture, and are low in cost.

(6) Is convenient for transportation

In order to facilitate the transportation, through setting up the second lid in this disclosure, put storage box or the bring the laboratory back in the plastic bag with thrips separator crouches, made things convenient for the transportation of the thrips after gathering.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.