Fig. 5. Four successive frames from high-speed video (scale bar 3 mm) showing
tegminal positions within the time course of the (closing) AM pulse pattern in
Eubliastes aethiops. Latero-posterior view (right side of the
insect). The position of the scraper over the file is marked by a red arrow;
coloured broken lines show where in the oscillogram time course the frame was
obtained. (A) CWV values are associated with each frame: the wings
lose velocity before the production of a pulse. Scale bar, 10 ms. (B) As for
Myopophyllum sp. n., there was a conspicuous displacement of the
wings during the production of a pulse and the CWV increases to
166.1 mm s-1. (C) For the final pulse of the train, the wings
close again more slowly during the silent interpulse interval and CWV
drops to
134.3 mm s-1, and increases again during the pulse to
169.8 mm s-1 (D). The movement of the scraper ends close to the
basal part of the file.