Video clip of Pachydiplax longipennis making a 180º turn in an interaction between territorial males.
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Last Updated 14 January 2002
Filmed at 1000 frames per second, played back at 6 frames per second and recorded on standard vhs, then captured as an mpg file.The file is 2.4MB. The dragonfly turns at a rate of about 1950 degrees per second.
© 1998 by Bill Wentz, Roy Beckemeyer, and Velvet Hutson. Camera courtesy of Crash Dynamics Laboratory, National Institute for Aviation Research, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas. Videography by Velvet Hutson. Project in support of Exploration Place, Wichita, KS.