Fig. 2. Images of a jump by Graphocephala viewed from the side, captured at 4000 frames s^–1 and each with an exposure time of 0.125 ms. Selected images are arranged vertically in three columns with the timing of a frame indicated relative to the frame designated as t=0 ms when the insect became airborne. (A) The levation phase. The hind legs were sequentially levated forwards and medially into their fully levated position. The time between the lowest frame of column A and the top frame of column B represents the holding phase, lasting 47.75 ms, during which the hind legs remained stationary in their fully levated position. (B,C) The jump phase. 5 ms before take-off, the hind legs began to depress and the downward thrust of the hind legs gradually raised the body. The front and middle legs lost contact with the ground at –2.0 ms. Scale bar, 2 mm.