Fig. 8. Jump by Cercopis. (A) Sequential frames from the jump viewed from
the side and captured at 2000 s-1 with an exposure of 0.25 ms. (B)
Graph of the movements of six points on the body (see cartoon inset) during
this jump. (C) Sequential movements of the same six points superimposed on an
image of Cercopis in its starting position to show their vertical and
horizontal displacement. The yellow arrows show the direction of the initial
movements of the femoro-tibial joint. Body angle at take-off, 16°;
take-off angle, 45°; take-off velocity, 3.8m s-1; body mass,
41.9 mg.