Stick insect locomotion

Aretaon asperrimus in the wild

              and in the lab crossing gaps



movies of gap crossing behaviour:

real stick insect
3 cm gap (avi 380 KB)   5 cm gap (avi 1,8 MB)

simulated insect
3 cm gap (avi 1,7 MB)   5 cm gap (avi 1,7 MB)