Midge Patch 3500x (IMAGE)

Duke University

Midge Patch 3500x

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A scanning electron microscope image shows the 1-micron projections on the adhesive patches of a leaping gall midge larva. Researchers aren't sure yet what makes them so sticky.

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Grace Farley, Duke University

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