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Butterfly flight, and in particular its erratic trajectory is now
studied, of all places, in Cornell - see
http://dragonfly.tam.cornell.edu/insect.html
Erratic Trajectory of Butterfly Flight
"Some butterflies appear to fly crooked, lurching here and there. Their
close relatives, moths, however appear to fly relatively straight. Why?
We have filmed free butterfly flight under different conditions and
extracted their 3D trajectories. Currently we are analyzing the data in
the hopes of figuring out a correlation between their flight behavior
and wing geometry."
Victor Fet
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From: Vladimir Nabokov Forum [mailto:NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU] On
Behalf Of Carolyn Kunin
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 12:57 PM
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Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] butterflies on 4/23
From: Stephen Blackwell <sblackwe@UTK.EDU>
Alas my camera was not to hand, but if you can imagine the sight
of a large yellow Swallowtail twirling round and round with its shadow,
then you have got the picture.
Happy belated birthday, VN!
Dear Entomologically Inclined List Members,
Stephen Blackwell's post reminds me that the recent sight of a
butterfly's darting movements made me wonder if anyone has studied the
flight pattern of the insect. Why does it move the way it does? Is there
a method to its seeming madness?
Carolyn Kunin
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will make way for no cars!" She's a bit flustered at the prospect of
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studied, of all places, in Cornell - see
http://dragonfly.tam.cornell.edu/insect.html
Erratic Trajectory of Butterfly Flight
"Some butterflies appear to fly crooked, lurching here and there. Their
close relatives, moths, however appear to fly relatively straight. Why?
We have filmed free butterfly flight under different conditions and
extracted their 3D trajectories. Currently we are analyzing the data in
the hopes of figuring out a correlation between their flight behavior
and wing geometry."
Victor Fet
________________________________
From: Vladimir Nabokov Forum [mailto:NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU] On
Behalf Of Carolyn Kunin
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 12:57 PM
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] butterflies on 4/23
From: Stephen Blackwell <sblackwe@UTK.EDU>
Alas my camera was not to hand, but if you can imagine the sight
of a large yellow Swallowtail twirling round and round with its shadow,
then you have got the picture.
Happy belated birthday, VN!
Dear Entomologically Inclined List Members,
Stephen Blackwell's post reminds me that the recent sight of a
butterfly's darting movements made me wonder if anyone has studied the
flight pattern of the insect. Why does it move the way it does? Is there
a method to its seeming madness?
Carolyn Kunin
p.s. Little Childe (:>) has asked me to mention that her favorite
Nabokovian reply to The Eternal Question was missing from the recent
post to the list. She thinks it was something like "Birds of the Future
will make way for no cars!" She's a bit flustered at the prospect of
bird flu, though, and may not have got it exactly right.
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