... the performance of their much smaller planthopper relatives. Locomotion Take-off High-speed imaging Escape movements Royal Society http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000288 Air Force Office of Scientific Research http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000181 Royal Society http...

.../ Summary: High-speed video analysis of jumping in a species of scorpion fly shows that it uses the middle and hind legs for propulsion. Accompanying movements of the wings contribute little to take-off. Locomotion Flying High-speed imaging Escape movements To jump from the ground...

... of 1.7 m s −1 ) propelled by the hind legs and the second six times slower, propelled by wing beating. Locomotion Jumping High-speed imaging Escape movements Launching from a surface into the air is accomplished in the majority of adult insects by two sets of propulsive appendages...

.... Jumping Flying Kinematics High-speed imaging Escape movements Biomechanics Three different strategies are used by a wide diversity of insects to launch a take-off from the ground and into the air. First, rapid movements of the legs propel jumping to achieve take-off, without any contribution...

... of Biologists Ltd 2017 http://www.biologists.com/user-licence-1-1/ Summary: Mirids propel jumps either by direct contractions of leg muscles without the use of catapult mechanisms or by the combined movements of the legs and wings. Locomotion Take-off High speed imaging Flying Escape...

... is propelled by the middle and hind legs; second, the same leg movements are combined with wing movements. Kinematics High speed imaging Locomotion Flying Escape movements The need for a rapid means of escaping from predators appears to have been a strong force driving the evolution...

... strategies. Kinematics High-speed imaging Locomotion Flying Escape movements Many insects from a wide range of orders have evolved diverse structural specialisations of their body that enable rapid and powerful jumping movements. These range from the very long hind legs of bush crickets...

.... 9 7 2014 14 10 2014 © 2014. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2014 Biomechanics Kinematics Flying Escape movements Most insects that jump are propelled by a single pair of legs that move together rapidly and powerfully. There are exceptions, however...