Submitted by Administrator on Fri, 01/05/2015 - 09:29
Professor Malcolm Burrows’ forthcoming paper (Journal of Experimental Biology) describes how moths use their legs to jump-start their flight. This New York Times article describes the research with the help of new film of moth take-off.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/28/science/legs-not-wings-give-moths-a-flying-start.html