Fog-Harvesting Desert Beetles
In short: In the arid Namib Desert, certain beetles use specialized surface textures to capture and transport water from fog to survive.
A 1:39 short film in the series “Nature Invented It First”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci, “Designing bioinspired surfaces for water collection from fog”; PMC, “Fog-basking behaviour and water collection efficiency in Namib Desert Darkling beetles”; Scientific American, “Desert-Dwelling Beetle Sports a Fog-Collecting Coat”; Biomimetics (Basel), “Desert Beetle-Inspired Hybrid Wettability Surfaces for Fog Collection Fabricated by 3D Printing and Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment”; Nature Communications, “Preserving exposed hydrophilic bumps on multi-bioinspired slippery surface arrays unlocks high-efficiency fog collection and photocatalytic cleaning”; Smithsonian Magazine, “Move Over Dune Sandworms, These Desert Beetles Conjure Water from Thin Air”; Springer Nature, “Fog-basking behaviour and water collection efficiency in Namib Desert Darkling beetles”; IOP Publishing Ltd, “Nature's moisture harvesters: a comparative review”.
Sources used in this film
- Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci — Designing bioinspired surfaces for water collection from fog · View →
- PMC — Fog-basking behaviour and water collection efficiency in Namib Desert Darkling beetles · View →
- Scientific American — Desert-Dwelling Beetle Sports a Fog-Collecting Coat · View →
- Biomimetics (Basel) — Desert Beetle-Inspired Hybrid Wettability Surfaces for Fog Collection Fabricated by 3D Printing and Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment · View →
- Nature Communications — Preserving exposed hydrophilic bumps on multi-bioinspired slippery surface arrays unlocks high-efficiency fog collection and photocatalytic cleaning · View →
- Smithsonian Magazine — Move Over Dune Sandworms, These Desert Beetles Conjure Water from Thin Air · View →
- Springer Nature — Fog-basking behaviour and water collection efficiency in Namib Desert Darkling beetles · View →
- IOP Publishing Ltd — Nature's moisture harvesters: a comparative review · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci: Designing bioinspired surfaces for water collection from fog
- Also: PMC: Fog-basking behaviour and water collection efficiency in Namib Desert Darkling beetles
- Also: Scientific American: Desert-Dwelling Beetle Sports a Fog-Collecting Coat
- Also: Biomimetics (Basel): Desert Beetle-Inspired Hybrid Wettability Surfaces for Fog Collection Fabricated by 3D Printing and Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment
- Also: Nature Communications: Preserving exposed hydrophilic bumps on multi-bioinspired slippery surface arrays unlocks high-efficiency fog collection and photocatalytic cleaning
- Also: Smithsonian Magazine: Move Over Dune Sandworms, These Desert Beetles Conjure Water from Thin Air
- Also: Springer Nature: Fog-basking behaviour and water collection efficiency in Namib Desert Darkling beetles
- Also: IOP Publishing Ltd: Nature's moisture harvesters: a comparative review
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