Kinematics of horizontal and vertical caterpillar crawling

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1455-1462

  VanGriethuijsen, Linnea I ^a   Trimmer, Barry A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caterpillar; Climbing; Crawling.; Kinematics; Manduca sexta; Soft bodied; Vertical locomotion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; MOTHS;

ANIMALIA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 66149093492     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.025783     Document Type: Article

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