Insect pest detection system and associated method

An insect pest detection system comprising:

• a. a group of underground bait/trap boxes of the tubular box type provided with a housing provided with a first part, in the lower part of the box, for at least one edible mass comprising an edible material for said insects and provided with a device for detecting the consumption of said edible mass by said insects provided with measurement electronics comprising:
• i. a device for measuring a first frequency on a first relaxation oscillator comprising a first measurement capacitor formed by two first electrode plates located on either side of said edible mass, said edible mass forming a dielectric material between said plates;
• ii. a processor configured to take first measurements of the first frequency in accordance with a first schedule;
• b. at least one concentrator module, the boxes of said group of boxes and said concentrator module each comprising first radio communication means configured to transmit said first measurements from said boxes to said concentrator in accordance with a second schedule;
• c. at least one remote server, said concentrator module and said server each comprising second communication means configured to transmit said first measurements from the concentrator unit to the remote server in accordance with a third schedule, said remote server being provided with a monitoring program comprising computation means configured to measure frequency variations characteristic of a variation in density of the edible mass of at least one box of the group of boxes at least on the basis of a plurality of said first measurements, with said variation in density allowing the consumption of the edible mass by the insects to be detected.