Walking of spider on water surface studied from its leg shadows*

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51323006 and 51425502) and the Tribology Science Fund of State Key Laboratory of Tribology (Grant No. SKLTKF17B18).

Zheng Yelong1, Lu Hongyu1, Jiang Jile2, Tao Dashuai1, Yin Wei1, Tian Yu1, †
       

Leg shadows of water spider (a) and water strider (b) in walking forward. Scale bar-rulers were on the background of the images.