Brazilian Journals Publicações de Periódicos e Editora Ltda.
Abstract
For farmers, identifying pests present in crops as well as their natural enemies, without the aid of teaching materials, is of great difficulty. Moreover, the lack of interactive tools to study subjects related to Entomology in academia is a fact. Seeking an alternative to such problems, this article presents the TheBug, mobile software that aims to assist farmers and the academic community by facilitating the identification of pests and natural controlling agents present in crops, without the need to connect to the network, and make the study of the disciplines of entomology and biology practical and dynamic at the fundamental, medium and higher levels. Through the application, at no additional cost, it is possible to obtain information about various species of the Hexapoda subphylum, such as physical characteristics, popular or scientific name, main impact on crops and possible forms of control
