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Figure 1


Fig. 1. Diagram of the 3-point bending apparatus used for soft- and paper-shell cuticle samples. The arrow indicates the direction of movement of the loading probe, which was attached to the force transducer and contacted the sample at the midpoint between the two insect pins.