... ants. Pattern electroretinography Flying Walking Bull ants Honeybees Contrast sensitivity Spatial resolving power Australian Research Council http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000923 DP150101172 Future Fellowship FT140100221 Hermon Slade Foundation...

...M. Burrows ABSTRACT High-speed videos were used to analyse whether and how adults of a winged species of scorpion fly (Mecoptera, Panorpa communis ) jump and determine whether they use the same mechanism as that of the only other mecopteran known to jump, the wingless snow flea, Boreus hyemalis...

... mechanisms and performance of a five species of parasitoid wasp (Hymenoptera). Jumping Flying Kinematics High-speed imaging Escape movements Biomechanics Summary: Parasitoid wasps use three strategies to take off: propulsion by rapid leg movements, propulsion by flapping wing movements...

... of energy expenditure can be applied to all behavioural modes, though these studies did not involve diving or flying behaviour ( Green et al., 2009 ; Wilson et al., 2006 ). We found ODBA to be a good predictor of V̇ O 2 ; our best overall model, which includes the effect of behaviour...

... 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...

... Highlighted Article: Adult caddis flies use two jumping strategies: first, take-off 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...

... 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...

... 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, such as the springtails (Collembola), which use the fast extension of an abdominal appendage ( Brackenbury and Hunt...

... attributed. Swimming Flying Wakes Feeding Particle image velocimetry A long-standing challenge for empirical observations of fluid flow is the inability to directly access the instantaneous pressure field using techniques analogous to those established to measure the velocity field. Recent...

... with somewhat limited station-keeping ability. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 15 10 2007 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2008 2008 biorobotics flying high-lift swimming A cross-flow vortex model of unsteady lift and drag forces...

...John O. Dabiri SUMMARY The transfer of momentum from an animal to fluid in its wake is fundamental to many swimming and flying modes of locomotion. Hence, properties of the wake are commonly studied in experiments to infer the magnitude and direction of locomotive forces. The determination of which...

... such that the bird can remain aerobic while submerged.s † Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ). * Present address: The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, Gloucester GL2 7BT, UK. 22 11 1996 ©The Company of Biologists Limited 1997 diving flying heart rate...

... tail muscles walking flying pigeon Columba livia Only a general description of caudal myology is presented here ( Fig. 2 ; see Baumel, 1988 , for a thorough study of pigeon tail anatomy). The tail skeleton is composed of five or six free caudal vertebrae and a terminal pygostyle...

... of energy consumption to body mass in cursorial birds when running is similar to that of volant birds when flying. Energy consumption during diving may be as high in some birds (e.g. tufted duck) as when they are swimming at maximum sustainable speed, and this is not influenced by water temperature...

... © 1988 by Company of Biologists 1988 swimming flying muscle oxygen consumption Because flight is the major form of locomotion in most birds, anatomical studies on avian muscle have mainly been concentrated on the pectoral muscles. The leg muscles have received much less attention...