An erratic aerial approach enables mating survival in the cannibalistic killer fly

2026/07/01 by David Munkvold, Yiyang Wang, Dan R. Chappell +3 · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Engineering · Environmental Science · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms #Physiological and biochemical adaptations

paper · doi:10.1016/j.cub.2026.06.074

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Discussions

• Incredibly, it all happens within the blink of an eye, and this complex behavior is driven with a brain smaller than a pinhead. See the high-speed videos! doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... [bsky, 0 points, 1 comments]