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Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) image of the bases of pretarsal (ie, on lowest part of leg) adhesive hairs.

(A) On the left are the hair shafts of the adhesive hairs closest to the exoskeleton.

Credit: B Poerschke, SN Gorb and F Schaber.

SEM images of the microstructure of the adhesive hairs (‘setae’).

Credit: B Poerschke, SN Gorb and F Schaber.

Schaber, and his colleagues Bastian Poerschke and Stanislav Gorb, collected a sample of these hairs and then measured how well they stuck to a range of rough and smooth surfaces, including glass.

Credit: B Poerschke, SN Gorb and F Schaber.

Schaber, 11 June 2021, Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering

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