Beetle Flying (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Beetle Flying

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This is an image of a giant flower beetle flying with an electronic backpack. Researchers remotely control the beetle's untethered flight by stimulating a newly discovered steering muscle.

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Photos by Tat Thang Vo Doan and Hirotaka Sato, NTU Singapore

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