Animals of the Poly-PEDAL Lab

We select animals that can best reveal the general principles of locomotion. We agree with the Krogh Principle:

"For a large number of problems there will be some animal of choice, on which it can be most conveniently studied." - August Krogh

Insects/Cockroaches

Beetles

Rhino beetle

Ants

Carpenter ant
Camponotus modici

Crustaceans

Ghost crab
Ocypode quadrata

Fiddler crab
Uca pugilator

Centipedes

Scolopendros heros

Geckos

Hemidactylus garnoti

Stomatopod

Somersaulting stomatopod
Nannosquilla ecemspinosa