Functionally different pads on the same foot allow control of attachment: stick insects have load-sensitive "heel" pads for friction and shear-sensitive "toe" pads for adhesion. by David Labonte, Walter Federle

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On Heels and Toes: How Ants Climb with Adhesive Pads and Tarsal Friction Hair Arrays. by Thomas Endlein, Walter Federle

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How load-carrying ants avoid falling over: mechanical stability during foraging in Atta vollenweideri grass-cutting ants. by Karin Moll, Flavio Roces, Walter Federle

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Extreme suction attachment performance from specialised insects living in mountain streams (Diptera: Blephariceridae) by Victor Kang, Robin T White, Simon Chen, Walter Federle

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A novel type of nutritional ant-plant interaction: ant partners of carnivorous pitcher plants prevent nutrient export by dipteran pitcher infauna. by Mathias Scharmann, Daniel G Thornham, T Ulmar Grafe, Walter Federle

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Arachnids secrete a fluid over their adhesive pads. by Anne M Peattie, Jan-Henning Dirks, Sérgio Henriques, Walter Federle

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Functional morphology and efficiency of the antenna cleaner in Camponotus rufifemur ants by Alexander Hackmann, Henry Delacave, Adam Robinson, David Labonte, Walter Federle

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With a flick of the lid: a novel trapping mechanism in Nepenthes gracilis pitcher plants. by Ulrike Bauer, Bruno Di Giusto, Jeremy Skepper, T Ulmar Grafe, Walter Federle

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Morphology of powerful suction organs from blepharicerid larvae living in raging torrents by Victor Kang, Richard Johnston, Thomas van de Kamp, Tomáš Faragó, Walter Federle

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