Evidence for intermolecular forces involved in ladybird beetle tarsal setae adhesion

Abstract Why can beetles such as the ladybird beetle Coccinella septempunctata walk vertically or upside-down on a smooth glass plane? Intermolecular and/or capillary forces mediated by a secretion fluid on the hairy footpads have commonly been considered the predominant adhesion mechanism. However,...

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Main Authors: Naoe Hosoda, Mari Nakamoto, Tadatomo Suga, Stanislav N. Gorb
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f76fd47ba02d4441b8cf3207764f7dfb
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