Functional morphology of the adhesive organs of stick insects (Carausius morosus)

Michael Bennemann; I. Scholz; Werner Baumgartner

doi:10.1117/12.888841

Functional morphology of the adhesive organs of stick insects (Carausius morosus)

Michael Bennemann, I. Scholz, Werner Baumgartner

Institute of Biomedical Mechatronics

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Abstract

Adhesive organs enable insects to cling to various substrates. During locomotion, a very fast but reliable change of adhesion and detachment is realised. To reveal the detailed underlying mechanisms of this impressive performance, we analysed the ultrastructure of adhesive organs of the stick insect C. morosus using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	79751A-79751A-8
Number of pages	8
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE
Volume	7975
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.888841
Publication status	Published - 2011

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206 Medical Engineering

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Mechatronics and Information Processing
Nano-, Bio- and Polymer-Systems: From Structure to Function

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