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Living Gears Help This Bug Jump

Greg Sutton was closely inspecting the back legs of a planthopper nymph — a small green, flightless insect — when he noticed something odd.

There was a tiny row of bumps on the inside of each leg where it met the insect's body. The bumps looked just like the teeth of ...Read More

Greg Sutton was closely inspecting the back legs of a planthopper nymph — a small green, flightless insect — when he noticed something odd.

There was a tiny row of bumps on the inside of each leg where it met the insect’s body. The bumps looked just like the teeth of …Read More

Source: NPR Science – ingested into KQED

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