Insects become airborne, slowed down to a speed the human eye can appreciate (aeon.co)

What was really cool was how efficiently stores those wings could be when not being used. The wings are so thing and delicate looking that you can see through them, yet they are strong enough to get the insect airborn

Really cool!

Ironically, I found it more fascinating at double speed. A bit more relatable, somehow.

This seems to be a wrapper for the great content produced by Ant Lab: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWxiO_Br1awgEjy79VItspQ.

I really loved their most recent video with butterflies and moths taking flight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCQoRpStF4M

The 3-legged stance was interesting, I wonder why they do it. One idea that I had was that it could make detecting if you're in air already more consistent than with 4 legs. Or maybe the surface tension at these scales is so high that it pays of to reduce it by 25% before the flight by these strange poses?