Sentences with phrase «stick insect called»

So Patrik Nosil, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom, turned to a stick insect called Timema cristinae.

Not exact matches

Morphological analyses of the bugs conducted by Zampro and his colleagues confirmed that they did not fit in any of the 30 known insect orders, though they share features in common with stick insects and a little - known group called ice crawlers.

Researchers have shown that a wasp - sized, insect - inspired flying robot they debuted in 2013 can make use of the so - called electrostatic force to stick to surfaces.

Niels Peder Kristensen and Klaus - Dieter Klass found that all three specimens shared some characteristics with stick insects and an obscure group called ice crawlers.

The forests of Lord Howe Island, about 300 miles off the coast of New South Wales, Australia, were the only known home of the Lord Howe Island phasmid, also called a «stick insect» or «walking stick» — a creature about the size of a large cigar, four or five inches long and half an inch wide.

Entomologists have long known that insects typically communicate using odors called pheromones, but they haven't been able to agree on what aggregation pheromones encourage pesky roaches to stick close to one another.

The antagonist, Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day - Lewis), is a real stick insect, the kind of arrogant, solitary man they used to call «a confirmed bachelor.»