VIDEO: pictures of the inside of a flying insect

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3D flying insects: pictures of the inside of the fly caught

26 March 2014 Last updated at 10:08 GMT

A team of scientists from the University of Oxford, Imperial College and the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland have an X-ray film used in a very intense flying insects.

The film is a 3D reconstruction, consisting of several X-ray images showing the theft of a motor Bumblebee - Anatomy of the powers of flight.

The researchers say that the videos offer a glimpse into the inner workings of the most complex mechanisms of nature.

Dr. Simon Walker, the group of flying animals Oxford told the BBC: "We hope that this research [show] that developed in the design of micromechanical systems, including micro air vehicles to replicate the flying insects."

The results are in the journal PLoS Biology .

Video courtesy of Simon Walker, University of Oxford

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