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Friction force reduction triggers feet grooming behaviour in beetles

In insects, cleaning (grooming) of tarsal attachment devices is essential for maintaining their adhesive ability, necessary for walking on a complex terrain of plant surfaces. How insects obtain information on the degree of contamination of their feet has remained, until recently, unclear. We carrie...

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Autori principali: Hosoda, Naoe, Gorb, Stanislav N.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: The Royal Society 2011
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3081763/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21068032
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.1772
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