The aerodynamics buzz from mosquitoes

Laura A. Miller ()
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Laura A. Miller: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.

Nature, 2017, vol. 544, issue 7648, 40-41

Abstract: Mosquitoes flap their long, thin wings four times faster than similarly sized insects. Imaging and computational analysis of mosquito flight illuminates some aerodynamic mechanisms not seen before in animal flight. See Letter p.92

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1038/nature21904

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