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Drinking on the wing: water collection in polarotactic horseflies
Many insects detect water bodies by observing the linearly polarised light which is reflected from the water surface. Polarotactic horseflies exhibit acrobatic manoeuvres above the water and are able to plunge on its surface, collect a droplet and fly away. This behaviour is extremely fast and has n...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10643286/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37477716 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00359-023-01657-3 |