Walking of spider on water surface studied from its leg shadows<xref rid="cpb_27_8_084702fn1" ref-type="fn">*</xref> <fn id="cpb_27_8_084702fn1"><label>*</label><p>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).</p></fn>

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 Yu^{1, †}

(color online) Three dimensional trajectory of leg L2 of water spider in walking forward relative to its own body. (a) The trajectory in x–y plane. (b) The trajectory in x–z plane. (c) The three-dimensional trajectory. (d) The schematic plot of the leg movement of water spider.