The Development of Insect Flight
and Other Fascinating Displays
Welcome to the Hive!
This cute little bee will be pleased to show you around. You'll find her on
every page and can click her to get an index to the pages in this wing of
the Hooper Virtual Micropaleontological Museum or click on the arrows to go to the next or previous
- INSECTS IN THE BIG PICTURE
- WHAT DID INSECTS COME FROM?
- HOW INSECTS FLY
- THE EVOLUTION OF FLIGHT
Choose one of the options above to jump to a display,
see an INDEX to this wing of the museum,
or continue reading to start the tour.
Do you have any comments or inaccuracies to report? I would very much like to hear about them. These
pages are intended for public consumption and some of the contents are, therefore, somewhat simplified
or approximate. However, some it may just be wrong. This site will continue to grow in the future, so
any suggestions about what may be added to the insect wing of this museum are welcome.
Fill out a comment page.
If you are interested in a detailed discussion of the field of insect evolution and particularly the
development of flight, or if you are thinking of doing graduate-level research in this area, contact
Dr. Jarmila Kukalova-Peck here at Carleton University, Dept. of Earth Sciences. She is one of the world's
pre-eminent authorities in entomology and the evolution of flight in insects.
Use these buttons to follow or retrace the tour:
Click the button on the right to start the tour.
Go back to the HVPM Main Lobby.
Christian Damus, March 1996