Mosquito flight adaptations to particulate environments
Flying insects face challenging conditions such as rainfall, fog, and dew. In this theoretical and experimental thesis, we investigate the survival mechanisms of the mosquito, Anopheles, through particles of various size. Large particles such as falling raindrops can weigh up to fifty times a mosqui...
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Georgia Institute of Technology
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/51773 |