... model experiments shows that aerodynamic forces are unaffected across the broad biological variation in number of bristles. Thrips Fairyflies Bristled wing morphology Phylogenetic comparative analyses Physical models Weis-Fogh mechanism National Science Foundation http://dx.doi.org...

...’ underwater using many of the same fluid dynamic ‘tricks’ that very small insects use to fly in air. Pteropods Zooplankton Swimming Weis-Fogh mechanism Insect flight Convergent evolution Zooplankton swim to find food and mates and to escape from and avoid predators. Indeed, in what...