Projects2

a quick overview of research projects

Evolution and biomechanics of insect flight

Winged insects are the first flight-capable animals evolved on land...

keywords
wings, flapping, elasticity, inertia, legs, forest canopy, powered flight, gliding and parachuting

(Zeng et al., 2020; Zeng et al., 2023)
A male stick insect (Diardia signata) from Borneo, as captured by high-speed camera.

Without wings


Wings

tags / wing / reciprocate motion / elasticity / inertia / aerial locomotion / leg / forest canopy / flight /

Hagfish

Gland thread cells

tags / biomaterial / thread /

Appendages

Ballistic tongue

Stuff

Leg

Bacterial