Arthropod adhesion
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arthropod-adhesion-208-8280152
title:
Arthropod adhesion
text:
Arthropods, including insects and spiders, make use of smooth adhesive pads as well as hairy pads for climbing and locomotion along non-horizontal surfaces. Both types of pads in insects make use of liquid secretions and are considered 'wet'. Dry adhesive mechanisms primarily rely on Van der Waals' forces and are also used by organisms other than insects. The fluid provides capillary and viscous adhesion and appears to be present in all insect adhesive pads. Little is known about the chemical pr
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
locomotive ability evolved in arthropods
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod_adhesion
date created:
2015-04-07T20:21:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T16:08:19Z
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