Fig. 10. Comparison of flight data for a thrip and for other insects. (A) mass (kg) m versus wing-beat frequency (Hz) f, (B) mass (kg) m versus a parameter indicating vertical force coefficient mg/S_tot(x_wf)². Data for the thrips (filled circle) are from Tanaka (1995). Data for the following insects (open circles) are from Azuma (1992): ¹Bemisia tabaci, ²Aleurothrixus floccosus, ³Aphis gossypii, ⁴Acyrthosiphon kondoi, ⁵Aedes nearcticus, ⁶Musca domestica, ⁷Panorpa communis L., ⁸Pyrosoma minimum Harr., ⁹Amonophila sabulosa V.del, ¹⁰Sarcophaga carnaria L., ¹¹Volucella pellucens Meig., ¹²Apis mellifica L., ¹³Telepharus fuscus, ¹⁴Calopteryx splendes Harr., ¹⁵Pieris brassica L., ¹⁶Vanessa atolanta L., ¹⁷Plusia gamma L., ¹⁸Talanus affioris, ¹⁹Vespa germanica, ²⁰Orthetrum caerulescens Fabr., ²¹Tabanus botinus, ²²Papilio podalirius, ²³Macroglossa stellatorum L., ²⁴Bombus terrestris Fabr., ²⁵Aeschna mixtra Latr., ²⁶Cetonia aurata, ²⁷Brachytron pratense Mull., ²⁸Vespa crabro L., ²⁹Xylocope violacea, ³⁰Anax parthenope, ³¹Melolontha vulgaris Fabr., ³²Schistocerca gregaria, ³³Lucanus corcus.

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