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Fly Speed Tests

Sam Fabian , a doctorial student at the University of Cambridge , readies the " rainfly teaser " for a in high spirits - speed TV shoot of robber fly antics . The researchers filmed tent flap set on silver beads on a fishing line , which were go in pre - decreed focal point by motors and pulleys . From these TV , they could reconstruct three - dimensional models of the flies ' flight of stairs flight .

Fly Fieldwork

Doctoral scholar Sam Fabian ( right ) talks with University of Cambridge neuroscientist Paloma Gonzalez - Bellido as fellow neuroscience professor Trevor Wardill download new data . The research worker conduct their field at a field site in Pennsylvania .

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Sam Fabian, a doctoral student at the University of Cambridge, readies the ‘fly teaser’ for a high-speed video shoot of robber fly antics.

Sam Fabian, a doctoral student at the University of Cambridge, readies the ‘fly teaser’ for a high-speed video shoot of robber fly antics.

testing the vision of robber flies.

Doctoral student Sam Fabian (right) talks with University of Cambridge neuroscientist Paloma Gonzalez-Bellido as fellow neuroscience professor Trevor Wardill downloads new data. The researchers conducted their study at a field site in Pennsylvania.

Eye spots on the outer hindwings of a giant owl butterfly (Caligo idomeneus).

Close-up of an ants head.

a close-up of a fly

three photos of caterpillars covered in pieces of other insects

A male of the peacock spider species Maratus jactatus, lifts its leg as part of a mating dance.

A study participant places one of the night vision lenses in their eye.

A scanning electron microscope image of a bloodworm�s jaw, along with its four sharp copper fangs.

Closterocerus coffeellae

The orchid lures the flies into its carrion-scented boosom so the fly can pick up pollen and deposit it on other flowers.

cute hopper nymph

A synchrotron X-ray image of the specimen of <em>Gymnospollisthrips minor</em>, showing the pollen grains (yellow) covering its body.

A mosquito and water droplets.

A photo of a volcano erupting at night with the Milky Way visible in the sky

A painting of a Viking man on a boat wearing a horned helmet

The sun in a very thin crescent shape during a solar eclipse

Paintings of animals from Lascaux cave

Stonehenge, Salisbury, UK, July 30, 2024; Stunning aerial view of the spectacular historical monument of Stonehenge stone circles, Wiltshire, England, UK.

A collage of three different robots

two ants on a branch lift part of a plant