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100 _aBrackenbury, John
_92064
245 _aInsects in Flight
260 _aLondon
_bBlandford Press
_c1995
300 _a192p. 204 colour photographs
500 _aCovers 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.
650 _aFlight
_92065
650 _aInsects
_92066
650 _aBeetles
_92067
650 _aFlies
_92068
650 _aWasps
_92069
650 _aMoths
_92070
650 _aButterflies
_91644
650 _aZoology
_92071
999 _c19686
_d19686