Flying Ants Up-Close & in Slow Motion

Ant take-offs and flights filmed at 1,500 & 3,200 frames per second. Featuring male Odontomachus and Aphaenogaster ants.

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Fire ant tethered flight study: https://academic.oup.com/jinsectscience/article/10/1/19/828958

Fruit fly “escape take-off” flight study: http://jeb.biologists.org/content/211/3/341.short

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