Air-sacs (IMAGE)

University of British Columbia

Air-sacs

Caption

The blue fluorescence of the air-sac was due to resilin—an almost a perfect rubber found in parts of insects where elasticity is key, as in the elastic energy that powers a flea’s incredible jump.

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Philip Matthews

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