Studying the detailed biomechanics of flying animals relies on producing accurate three-dimensional coordinates for key anatomical landmarks. Traditionally, this is achieved through manual digitizatio
Insects constitute the most species-rich radiation of metazoa, a success due to the evolution of active flight. Unlike pterosaurs, birds, and bats, the wings of insects did not evolve from legs, but a
These data relate to an investigation into energetics of bumblebee flight at a range of flight speeds during free- or tethered-flight. The study was carried out in a closed-circuit wind tunnel. The da
This study presents a detailed analysis of dragonflies’ climbing flight by integratinghigh-speed photogrammetry, three-dimensional reconstruction, and computational fluid dynamics. In this study, a dr
