How locusts fly
SEP 25, 2009
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.023714
NYTimes.com : Researchers have discovered that the topography of a desert locust’s wings and the way they twist when flapping are important for the insect’s efficiency as a flier. Compared with flat, stiff wings, they produce about 30 percent more lift for the same effort.
© 2009 American Institute of Physics
