Amazing Earwig Wings in Action!
Earwigs and 10 other insect species captured flying in slow motion at 6,000 frames per second.
00:00 – Shore earwig – Labidura riparia
01:47 – Tree cricket – Oecanthus sp.
02:12 – Northern Caddisfly – family Limnephilidae
02:39 – Giant Casemaker Caddisfly – family Phryganeidae
03:00 – Oak Treehopper – Platycotis vittate
03:15 – green Treehopper – Archasia belfragei
04:05 – wheel bug – Arilus cristatus
04:47 – Hairy-eyed Crane Fly – Pedicia sp.
05:25 – Yellow-collared Scape Moth – Cisseps fulvicollis
05:59 – Roadside Sallow Moth – Metaxaglaea viatical
06:33 – Brachonid wasp – subfamily Cheloninae
Diagram of earwig wing folding is modified from:
Haas, Gorb, & Wootton. 2000. Elastic joints in dermapteran hind wings: materials and wing folding. Arthropod Structure & Development, 29: 2, 137-146.
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