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Direct lateral maneuvers in hawkmoths

We used videography to investigate direct lateral maneuvers, i.e. ‘sideslips’, of the hawkmoth Manduca sexta. M. sexta sideslip by rolling their entire body and wings to reorient their net force vector. During sideslip they increase net aerodynamic force by flapping with greater amplitude, (in both...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Greeter, Jeremy S. M., Hedrick, Tyson L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Company of Biologists Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4728302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26740573
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.012922

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