Beetle adhesive hairs differ in stiffness and stickiness: In vivo adhesion measurements on individual setae

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 381-387

  Bullock, James M R ^a   Federle, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Fibrillar adhesion; Insects

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOMECHANICS; COPULATION; HAIR; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER; VISUALIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSILLUM;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; SENSILLA;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; GASTROPHYSA VIRIDULA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79955639879     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0781-4     Document Type: Article

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