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Knowledge about their flight potential is very important for designing and applying measures targeted to reduce the negative effects from these pests. Studying the flight capability and behaviour of some insects is difficult due to their small size and the large area wherein they can fly, so we wondered how we could obtain information about their flight capabilities in a controlled environment. The answer came with the design of flight mills. Relevant data about the flight potential of these insects may be recorded and analysed by means of a flight mill. Once an insect is attached to the flight mill, it is able to fly in a circular direction without hitting walls or objects. By adding sensors to the flight mill, it is possible to record the number of revolutions and flight time. This paper presents a full description of a computer monitored flight mill. The description covers both the mechanical and the electronic parts in detail. The mill was designed to easily adapt to the anatomy of different insects and was successfully tested with individuals from three species R. ferrugineus, S. laurasii, and M. galloprovincialis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s16040485","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,4,7]],"date-time":"2016-04-07T11:52:48Z","timestamp":1460029968000},"page":"485","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Design of a Computerised Flight Mill Device to Measure the Flight Potential of Different Insects"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Antonio","family":"Mart\u00ed-Campoy","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto de Tecnolog\u00edas de la Informaci\u00f3n y Comunicaciones (ITACA), Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Val\u00e8ncia, Camino de Vera s\/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain"}]},{"given":"Juan","family":"\u00c1valos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto Agroforestal Mediterr\u00e1neo (IAM), Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Val\u00e8ncia, Camino de Vera s\/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain"}]},{"given":"Antonia","family":"Soto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto Agroforestal Mediterr\u00e1neo (IAM), Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Val\u00e8ncia, Camino de Vera s\/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain"}]},{"given":"Francisco","family":"Rodr\u00edguez-Ballester","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto de Tecnolog\u00edas de la Informaci\u00f3n y Comunicaciones (ITACA), Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Val\u00e8ncia, Camino de Vera s\/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain"}]},{"given":"Victoria","family":"Mart\u00ednez-Blay","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto Agroforestal Mediterr\u00e1neo (IAM), Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Val\u00e8ncia, Camino de Vera s\/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6493-5057","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Manuel","family":"Malumbres","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physics and Computer Science, Miguel Hernandez University, Ave. Universidad s\/n-Ed. 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