Swimming behavior of small diving beetles

Seiichi SUDO; Tetsuya YANO; Yasuhiko KAN; Yuzuru YAMADA; Koji TSUYUKI

doi:10.2978/jsas.18.46

Paper

Swimming behavior of small diving beetles

Seiichi SUDO ^†, Tetsuya YANO ^†, Yasuhiko KAN ^†, Yuzuru YAMADA ^†, Koji TSUYUKI ^†

著者情報

キーワード: Biokinetics, Diving beetle, Swimming characteristics , Hydrodynamics

ジャーナルフリー

2006 年 18 巻 1+2 号 p. 46-49

DOI https://doi.org/10.2978/jsas.18.46

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This paper is concerned with the swimming characteristics and the structure dynamics of diving beetle legs. Diving beetles are highly adapted for aquatic life. When swimming, all of these insects use their flattened, paddle-shaped hind legs like oars. Their hind legs have a thick fringe of swimming hairs. Since diving beetles are excellent swimmers, the swimming behavior is studied with a high speed video camera system. The structural properties of legs are also studied by an optical microscope and scanning electron microscope. Some functional principles underlying leg design are revealed.

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