Fog basking by the Namib Desert beetle, Onymacris unguicularis

Nature ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 262 (5566) ◽  
pp. 284-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM J. HAMILTON ◽  
MARY K. SEELY
Keyword(s):  
Namib Desert ◽  
Desert Beetle

scholarly journals Water Harvest from Air Inspired by the Namib Desert Beetle

2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 127-131
Author(s):  
Yuji HIRAI ◽  
Masatsugu SHIMOMURA
Keyword(s):  
Namib Desert ◽  
Desert Beetle

Namib desert beetle inspired special patterned fabric with programmable and gradient wettability for efficient fog harvesting

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 85-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhihua Yu ◽  
Huimei Zhang ◽  
Jianying Huang ◽  
Shuhui Li ◽  
Songnan Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Namib Desert ◽  
Desert Beetle

Hybrid engineered materials with high water-collecting efficiency inspired by Namib Desert beetles

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (41) ◽  
pp. 6809-6812 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai Zhu ◽  
Zhiguang Guo
Keyword(s):  
High Water ◽  
Namib Desert ◽  
Collection Rate ◽  
Water Collection ◽  
Self Cleaning ◽  
Desert Beetle ◽  
Engineered Materials ◽  
Collecting Efficiency

A hybrid superhydrophobic material was successfully fabricated inspired by the Namib Desert beetle, which showed the efficient fog capture with a water collection rate of 1309.9 mg h−1 cm−2. And the sample possessed favorable robustness and self-cleaning property.

Patterned Superhydrophobic Surfaces:  Toward a Synthetic Mimic of the Namib Desert Beetle

Nano Letters ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 1213-1217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Zhai ◽  
Michael C. Berg ◽  
Fevzi Ç. Cebeci ◽  
Yushan Kim ◽  
John M. Milwid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Superhydrophobic Surfaces ◽  
Namib Desert ◽  
Desert Beetle

scholarly journals Precopulatory oral sex contact plays an important role in copulatory success in a cryptic desert beetle

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinghu Qin ◽  
Jinshu Yang ◽  
Jingchuan Ma ◽  
Thomas Ryan Lock ◽  
Guangjun Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Sex ◽  
Desert Beetle ◽  
Copulatory Success

Beetle and cactus-inspired surface endows continuous and directional droplet jumping for efficient water harvesting

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xikui Wang ◽  
Jia Zeng ◽  
Jing Li ◽  
Xinquan Yu ◽  
Zuankai Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Harvesting ◽  
Desert Beetle

A bionic hybrid wetting surface inspired by the desert beetle and cactus for efficient water harvesting.

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