Relation of surface area and volume for all insect species presented here. While the dipteran, hymenopteran and lepidopteran species had their wings unfolded, all beetles had the wings folded underneath their elytra. Models are not to scale.

 
 
  Part of: Ströbel B, Schmelzle S, Blüthgen N, Heethoff M (2018) An automated device for the digitization and 3D modelling of insects, combining extended-depth-of-field and all-side multi-view imaging. ZooKeys 759: 1-27. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.759.24584