A ladybird beetle spreading its wings captured with a high-speed camera. In real-time wing deployment from the fully folded state takes less than 0.1 seconds.Video credit: University of Tokyo / Saito et al. 'Investigation of hindwing folding in ladybird beetles.' DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1620612114. pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas#nature #photography #science

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago

@wonderofscience Got to love how it does them one at a time!

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