LAUSR.org creates dashboard-style pages of related content for over 1.5 million academic articles. Sign Up to like articles & get recommendations!

Hollow peg holds key to click beetles’ explosive flips

Photo from wikipedia

![Figure][1] Two click beetles, Ampedus linteus (left) and Ampedus nigricollis (right). Photo credit: Ophelia Bolmin. Struggling to right themselves when stranded on their backs, click beetles have a remarkable correction… Click to show full abstract

![Figure][1] Two click beetles, Ampedus linteus (left) and Ampedus nigricollis (right). Photo credit: Ophelia Bolmin. Struggling to right themselves when stranded on their backs, click beetles have a remarkable correction strategy. Arching the joint between the front and second section of

Keywords: click beetles; beetles explosive; holds key; hollow peg; peg holds; key click

Journal Title: Journal of Experimental Biology
Year Published: 2019

Link to full text (if available)


Share on Social Media:                               Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!

Related content

More Information              News              Social Media              Video              Recommended



                Click one of the above tabs to view related content.