21/08/2026
π Two bugs. Six crops. One blind spot β until now.
Fruit Spotting Bug and Banana Spotting Bug cause serious damage across Australian avocado, macadamia, lychee and passionfruit crops. Growers have relied on manual scouting for decades β so we built something better.
Working with Macquarie University and backed by Hort Innovation, we developed Australia's first benchmarked AI model to detect these pests, then built a solar-powered smart trap to put it to work in the field. It's already been tested on a real avocado farm in North Queensland.
Swipe through the story below, and read the full case study to see what's next
https://www.elegantmedia.com.au/blog/ai-spotting-bug-detection-smart-trap-results/