Importance of Body Stance in Fog Droplet Collection by the Namib Desert Beetle

The fog-basking behavior of the <i>Onymacris unguicularis</i>, a beetle species living in the coastal regions of the Namibian desert, has recently caught the attention of the engineering community, as suggesting a viable biomimetic approach to address the problem of harvesting water in a...

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Main Authors: Unmeelan Chakrabarti, Roberto Paoli, Souvick Chatterjee, Constantine M. Megaridis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-08-01
Series:Biomimetics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/4/3/59