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The aerodynamics buzz from mosquitoes

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Mosquitoes flap their long, thin wings four times faster than similarly sized insects. Imaging and computational analysis of mosquito flight illuminates some aerodynamic mechanisms not seen before in animal flight. See Letter p.92

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Figure 1: Mosquito aerodynamics.

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