Tue 14 Feb, 2017 10:22 pm - Wonderful videos, and they reveal a lot. For instance, when the wings first unfold the tips remain bent up at an angle for a while, but then they straighten out and remain fairly stiff. It seems... (view)
Tue 14 Feb, 2017 02:59 pm - Thanks for responding, Rosborne. Yes, I assume that the membranes have to fold because the only other ways I can think of that they would retract under the outer wings would be for them to shrink... (view)
Tue 14 Feb, 2017 08:40 am - I have often noticed that beetles with hard outer wings, like lady bugs, fold there wings in several stages after they alight from flight. The under-wings, that are actually used in flight, are of... (view)
