Water Strider Aquarius Paludum Jump On Solid Substrate (VIDEO)

Laboratory of Behavioral Ecology and Evolution at Seoul National University

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This video of a water strider jumping on a solid substrate illustrates that the leg movements are composed of two phases. First phase comprises downward movement against the substrate surface (normally surface of water) dominates. The second phase comprises mostly horizontal movements: first backwards then inwards. When this happens on water, where each leg creates a dimple, the leg movements are associated with the dimple shifts backwards and then inwards.

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J.H.Son, P.G. Jablonski, S.I.Lee

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