Resilin and chitinous cuticle form a composite structure for energy storage in jumping by froghopper insects
Open Access
- 30 September 2008
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Biology
- Vol. 6 (1), 41
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-6-41
Abstract
Many insects jump by storing and releasing energy in elastic structures within their bodies. This allows them to release large amounts of energy in a very short time to jump at very high speeds. The fastest of the insect jumpers, the froghopper, uses a catapult-like elastic mechanism to achieve their jumping prowess in which energy, generated by the slow contraction of muscles, is released suddenly to power rapid and synchronous movements of the hind legs. How is this energy stored?Keywords
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