Scanning Electron Micrographs of the Hair Coating on the Silver Ant. (IMAGE)

Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Scanning Electron Micrographs of the Hair Coating on the Silver Ant.

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The hairs grow parallel to the skin and are separated from the skin by a small air gap. The hairs have triangular cross-sections with two corrugated top facets and a flat bottom facet facing the ant's body.

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Norman Nan Shi and Nanfang Yu, Columbia Engineering

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