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Biophysics

Spring and latch mechanism flings click beetles into the air

29 Jan 2021
Photo of a click beetle held in an X-ray apparatus
Click and release: Experimental set-up used to constrain click beetles during X-ray synchrotron imaging at the Advanced Photon Source. (Courtesy: John J Socha)
Click beetles use the elastic recoil of a spring-like mechanism in their exoskeleton to throw themse

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Michael Allen is a science writer based in the UK
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