A study of ladder-like silk foothold for the locomotion of bagworms
Abstract While walking on horizontal substrates, caterpillars skilfully engage all their legs, including three pairs of thoracic legs and a maximum of five pairs of prolegs, to move in a flexible wave-like motion. Such locomotory behaviours, represented by ‘crawling’ and ‘inching’ motions, have wide...
Main Authors: | Taiyo Yoshioka, Fumiko Yukuhiro, Tsunenori Kameda |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2021-08-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95809-7 |
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