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Stenocara gracilipes is a species of beetle that is native to the Namib Desert in southern Africa. This is one of the most arid areas of the world, receiving only 1.4 centimetres (0.55 in) of rain per year. The beetle is able to survive by collecting water on its bumpy back surface from early morning fogs.
Stenocara fitzsimonsi Koch; Stenocara gracilipes; Stenocara inaffectata Gebien; Stenocara kalaharica Koch; Stenocara magnophthalma Koch; Stenocara namaquensis Gebien; Stenocara pisceflumine Penrith; Stenocara quadrimaculata Koch; Stenocara tenuicornis Penrith; Formerly in this genus: Stenocara eburnea is now Cauricara eburnea; Stenocara ...
Such is the case with Onymacris unguicularis and Stenocara gracilipes, which in non-scientific literature have both been called the “fog-basking beetle.” The confusion seems to originate from a paper [ 11 ] detailing a mechanism for S. gracilipes ’s ability to capture water using hydrophilic bumps and hydrophobic troughs on the beetle’s ...
Rhaphuma gracilipes (female) Rhaphuma is a genus of typical longhorn beetles in the family Cerambycidae. There are more than 200 described species in Rhaphuma. [1] [2 ...
Like several other invasive ants, such as the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), the big-headed ant (Pheidole megacephala), the little fire ant (Wasmannia auropunctata), and the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile), the yellow crazy ant is a "tramp ant", a species that easily becomes established and dominant in new habitat due to traits ...
I changed species to Stenocara gracilipes. It seems clear from all the online references that the particular beetle used as a model for water absorption nanotechnology is in the genus Stenocara but there are few references to S. gracilipes. If someone has access to the original Nature article, it would be useful to confirm.
G. gracilipes is a small frog: males grow to about 22 mm (0.87 in) and females to about 39 mm (1.5 in) in snout-vent length. [3] It inhabits evergreen and bamboo forests on hills. The eggs are deposited on leaves overhanging temporary forest pools; upon hatching, the tadpoles drop into the water where their development continues. [1]
The fogstand beetle of the Namib Desert, Stenocara gracilipes, is able to collect water from fog, as its elytra have a textured surface combining hydrophilic (water-loving) bumps and waxy, hydrophobic troughs. The beetle faces the early morning breeze, holding up its abdomen; droplets condense on the elytra and run along ridges towards their ...