How these tiny insect larvae leap without legs
High-speed film reveals the details of a young gall midge's loop-and-latch maneuver
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SPRING FLING Never mind about the absence of legs. A young gall midge, no bigger than a rice grain, can go airborne thanks to some clever latching.
G.M. FARLEY ET AL/JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 2019