TY - BOOK AU - Brackenbury, John TI - Insects in Flight SN - 071372594X U1 - 595.7 BRA PY - 1995/// CY - London PB - Blandford Press KW - Flight KW - Insects KW - Beetles KW - Flies KW - Wasps KW - Moths KW - Butterflies KW - Zoology N1 - 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 ER -