Takeoff and flight sequences of insects spanning 8 different taxonomic orders captured at 3,200 fps!
00:00 intro
01:17 plume moth
01:20 firefly
02:32 painted lichen moth
03:14 leafroller moth
03:31 rosy maple moth
04:00 stonefly (see comment for correct ID)
05:14 mayflies
06:07 fishfly
07:00 aphid
07:42 scorpionfly
08:10 lacewing
References:
"SurfaceSkimming Stoneflies: A Possible Intermediate Stage in Insect Flight Evolution" by Marden & Kramer, 1994 Science https://doi.org/10.1126/science.266.5...
"Late Carboniferous paleoichnology reveals the oldest fullbody impression of a flying insect" by Knecht, Engel, Benner, 2011 PNAS https://www.pnas.org/content/108/16/6515
"Reanalysis and experimental evidence indicate that the earliest trace fossil of a winged insect was a surfaceskimming neopteran" by Marden, 2012 Evolution https://doi.org/10.1111/j.15585646.2...
"Jumping mechanisms in lacewings (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae)" by Burrows & Dorosenko, 2014 Journal of Experimental Biology https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.110841
Surface skimming video courtesy of Prof. James Marden, Penn State U https://science.psu.edu/bio/people/jhm10
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