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Date Time Elastic motion makes click beetles click, study finds Illinois researchers Aimy Wissa, Marianne Alleyne and Ophelia Bolmin studied the motion of a click beetle’s jump and present the first analytical framework to uncover the physics behind ultrafast motion by small animals. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Click beetles can propel themselves more than 20 body lengths into the air, and they do so without using their legs. While the jump’s motion has been studied in de...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Illinois researchers Aimy Wissa, Marianne Alleyne and Ophelia Bolmin studied the motion of a click beetles jump and present the first analytical framework to uncover the physics behind ultrafast motion... view more  Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Click beetles can propel themselves more than 20 body lengths into the air, and they do so without using their legs. While the jumps motion has been studied in depth, the physical mechanisms that enable t...