Insects in Flight
Brackenbury, John
Insects in Flight - London Blandford Press 1995 - 192p. 204 colour photographs
Covers all the major groups of insects and their flight sequence. It describes the mechanisms of insect flight - both scientifically and in photographs. It is based upon the special techniques developed by the author to capture, in flight, the methods of flying that insects employ. CONTENTS: Costs and benefits of flight; the machinery of flight; into flight; wing strength and flexibility; speed, power and flight control; forces out of ""thin"" air; galleons of the air; flight without wings.
071372594X 0.00 071372594X 9780713725940
Flight
Insects
Beetles
Flies
Wasps
Moths
Butterflies
Zoology
595.7 BRA
Insects in Flight - London Blandford Press 1995 - 192p. 204 colour photographs
Covers all the major groups of insects and their flight sequence. It describes the mechanisms of insect flight - both scientifically and in photographs. It is based upon the special techniques developed by the author to capture, in flight, the methods of flying that insects employ. CONTENTS: Costs and benefits of flight; the machinery of flight; into flight; wing strength and flexibility; speed, power and flight control; forces out of ""thin"" air; galleons of the air; flight without wings.
071372594X 0.00 071372594X 9780713725940
Flight
Insects
Beetles
Flies
Wasps
Moths
Butterflies
Zoology
595.7 BRA