Post Views: 3,180 Flies of the Diopsidae family have the amazing feature of having their eyes positioned at the tip of outgrowths called ocular peduncles
Tag: flight
Publication in the journal Insectes – July 2015 – n°177
Post Views: 1,344 La revue Insects, edited by OPIE (Office pour les Insectes et leur Environnement), has in its new July 2015 issue (n°177) taken
Insect wings are also gyroscopes!
Post Views: 1,189 Insects have flying capabilities far beyond what robotics engineers can produce. However, the control of manoeuvres and posture during the flight remains
Insect flight: aerodynamics, musculature and 2/2-way control system
Post Views: 2,003 Insects are the first organisms to have developed the ability to fly, 170 million years ago (lire article on phylogeny). The acquisition
Insect flight: Anatomy of wing 1/2
Post Views: 2,456 Insects are the only invertebrates that have acquired the ability to fly (place insects in the classification, read th article). Unlike other
