This article addresses the use of the ecological notion of ‘response diversity’ (Elmqvist et al. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 1(9), 488–494, 2003) to develop a biocentric approach for natural-artificial continuums through the practice of design. The article elaborates upon examples from the project Dispersal machines, part of my postdoctoral research entitled Symbiotic tactics. Dispersal machines proposed two complementary artificial systems that were conceived to minimize the damages by a moth (Spodoptera frugiperda) on crops (corn and soy predominantly) in the agroecosystems of Córdoba, Argentina. The proposals were ideated to biologically control this species by interventions that disseminate and/or host species that predate or parasitize the moth at different stages of its life cycle: a diurnal response, based on the dissemination of parasitized eggs of the moth by a minute wasp (Telenomus remus), as well as a nocturnal response, based on the placement of refuges for bats that feed on the adult moth. Considering these design interventions through the notion of ‘semethic interaction’ (Hoffmeyer 2008) as it relates to the more general term, ‘semiosphere’, the article reflects upon (de)sign as a signifying activity and design’s ‘response-ability’ (Haraway 2016), to speculate upon ways to devise and acknowledge inter-species co-adaptive possibilities.

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（设计）将响应作为响应多样性

本文讨论了“响应多样性”的生态概念的使用（Elmqvist等人，《生态与环境的前沿》，1（9），488–494，2003年），通过实践为自然-人工连续体开发了以生物为中心的方法设计。本文详细介绍了分散机器项目中的示例，这是我在博士后研究中名为“共生策略”的一部分。分散机提出了两个互补的人工系统，其构想是最大程度地减少飞蛾的伤害（Spodoptera frugiperda）在阿根廷科尔多瓦的农业生态系统中（主要是玉米和大豆）上种植。提议的想法是通过干预措施来生物控制该物种，这些干预措施是传播和/或寄居在其生命周期不同阶段过早或寄生于蛾的物种：基于一分钟的黄蜂对寄生虫卵的传播而产生的昼夜响应（Telenomus remus）以及夜间反应，这取决于以成年蛾为食的蝙蝠的避难所。考虑到“ Semethic交互作用”（Hoffmeyer 2008）这一概念，因为它涉及到更广泛的术语“ semiosphere”，因此，本文将（设计）标志性活动和设计的“响应能力”（Haraway）视为标志性活动。 2016），以推测出设计和承认种间共适应可能性的方法。