2005
DOI: 10.1038/nature03995
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Abstract: Water-walking insects and spiders rely on surface tension for static weight support and use a variety of means to propel themselves along the surface. To pass from the water surface to land, they must contend with the slippery slopes of the menisci that border the water's edge. The ability to climb menisci is a skill exploited by water-walking insects as they seek land in order to lay eggs or avoid predators; moreover, it was a necessary adaptation for their ancestors as they evolved from terrestrials to live … Show more

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“…S1). It is thus possible that ant-to-ant cohesion on the water surface may be aided by capillary forces, which have been shown to help other insects aggregate on the water surface (25).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…S1). It is thus possible that ant-to-ant cohesion on the water surface may be aided by capillary forces, which have been shown to help other insects aggregate on the water surface (25).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…3 are closely related to the motion of insects up curved menisci (29,30). Insects located at fluid interfaces create distortions owing to their weight and by displacing their appendages or bending their bodies to excite capillary force distributions around their centers of mass.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…They appear in applications throughout biology and engineering, and include animal locomotion [1][2][3][4]; surface processing for nano-micro-applications, for example fiber coating and cleaning [5][6][7], the assembly of hairs, carbon nanotubes and biological filaments [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]; uses of AFM probes [6,17,18]; and impact of liquid jets [19].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%