Fruit fly flying. Artwork sequence of a fruit fly (Drosophila sp.) flying. From left to right,the wings (green) can be seen performing one complete wing beat. The stroke is a complex figure-of-eight manoeuvre. Conventional aerodynamics failed to explain how insects could fly. It is now thought that vortices in the air,created by the swirling and rapid beat of an insect's wing,keep it aloft. Flies flap their wings around 200 times a second | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Bensusen, Sally |
Taille de l’image : | 3500 px × 750 px |
Model Release : | Non requis |
Property Release : | Non requis |
Restrictions : | - |