1. An apparatus comprising: a sticky substrate configured to trap arthropods to be automatically classified; a color digital camera having a lens and configured to obtain an image of at least a portion of a surface of the sticky substrate and arthropods on the portion of the substrate; and a communications unit having an interface operable to communicate across an internet, wherein the communications unit is operatively coupled to the camera and configured to receive image information from the camera and to transmit a signal across the internet to a remote receiver, wherein the transmitted signal is based on the received image information.