This Tiny Backyard Bug Does the Fastest Backflips on Earth
August 30, 2024
August 30, 2024
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release:
Move over, Sonic. There's a new spin-jumping champion in town - the globular springtail (Dicyrtomina minuta). This diminutive hexapod backflips into the air, spinning to over 60 times its body height in the blink of an eye, and a new study features the first in-depth look at its jumping prowess.
Globular springtails are tiny, usually only a couple millimeters . . .
Move over, Sonic. There's a new spin-jumping champion in town - the globular springtail (Dicyrtomina minuta). This diminutive hexapod backflips into the air, spinning to over 60 times its body height in the blink of an eye, and a new study features the first in-depth look at its jumping prowess.
Globular springtails are tiny, usually only a couple millimeters . . .