HIGHLIGHTS
- who: Mary K. Salcedo from the Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University have published the Article: Transient use of hemolymph for hydraulic wing expansion in cicadas, in the Journal: Scientific Reports Scientific Reports
- how: If this feature is common among insects the recruitment of tracheal tubes within the veins would mean that respiratory ventilation also plays a major role in wing development in cicadas.
SUMMARY
The authors investigated wing expansion in 17-year periodical Brood X cicadas (Magicicada septendecim, Fig 1), taking advantage of a uniquely abundant and ephemeral ecological event . . .
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