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Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 00:49Flight Mill Construction
- 02:03Tethering Insects to the Flight Mill Arm Indirectly Through an Insect Pin
- 03:11Initiating a Recording Session
- 04:27Checking the Quality of the Recording
- 05:42Results: Flight Mill Measures the Parameters of Tethered Flight in Various Insects
- 07:03Conclusion
Flight in insects is influenced by a number of factors and the propensity to disperse is an important variable in understanding insect ecology and biological control strategies. We describe the construction and use of a simple, relatively inexpensive, and flexible flight mill for measuring parameters of tethered flight in insects.
