The common ladybug is ... discovered that the wings had bending points that used a similar mechanism as a curved tape measure. Just like a folded tape measure springs open, ladybugs use stored ...

Many people have seen a little ladybug split open its ... unfurls its wings. For a Boston University course blog, Dereck Fagundes writes about the ladybug’s fascinating anatomy, first ...

A ladybug’s protective shell opens upward like the doors of a Lamborghini before its delicate wings unfold and carry it away. Scientists have captured slow-motion video of this mechanism on a ...

"I wasn't sure if the ladybug could fold its wings with an artificial elytron made of nail-art resin," says Saito. "So I was surprised when I found out it could." Moreover, the researchers used ...

"I thought their wing transformation systems are excellent and have large potential for engineering.” He and his team tried several methods to figure out how the ladybug folded its wing.