Video clip of Archembia male in
flight.
A Web Page by Roy
J. Beckemeyer
Last Updated 20 November 2004
Right: Archembia sp.
male. Photo taken through microscope eyepiece using Nikon 990 digital
camera. Photo by Roy Beckemeyer.
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Recently emerged Archembia males seem to be interested
in leaving the colony and flying off - at least they climb out of the leaves and
webs and crawl around near the top of the jars where they live. I have
taken video footage of several males with a Canon ZR 70 MC digital
camcorder. Shots are at 1/2000 sec shutter speed. Frames are 1/30 second apart. The webspinner was placed in a small plastic measuring cup
which had sides too slick for it to climb out. The cup was 33 mm deep and
68 mm inside diameter at the top. The vertical distance flown here was
about 30 mm and the horizontal distance about 32 mm.
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to return to version of this page without video but with close up views of wing
venation.
Left:
Frame 1. The final frame before takeoff. The insect is not in the
exact center of the cup.
Right: Frame 2.
Left:
Frame 3.
Right: Frame 4.
Left:
Frame 5.
Right: Frame 6.
Left:
Frame 7.
Right: Frame 8.
Video clip of Archembia male in
flight.