In air precision..
it is a pleasure to watch the hummingbird hawk moth feeding, but quite a challange to photograph it. It moves quickly from flower to flower never resting but hovering in air as its bird namesake and with an incredible precision it rolls out the almost 3cm proboscis and enters the flower to drink the nectar. How does it do that?
Scientists have found that although the visual system is important, its feedback is far too slow to explain this moth's foraging ability. Thats where the Johnston organ comes to play. Its is a mechanosensory organ placed at the joint of the antenna and allows very fast flight manoevres.
Would it not be handy to have an organ like that for us humans?
More photographic attempts in extra
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