Fig. 3. Kicking movements of a female Pholidoptera illustrated by selected frames captured at 1000 frames s^-1. (A) A kick by the right hind leg. At -37 ms, this leg was touched by a small paint brush (top left of frame). The right hind leg rotated forwards so that the tarsus was lifted from the ground and the tibia was fully flexed about the femur (-14 ms). From this position, the tibia was extended rapidly while the left hind leg remained in a constant position. Full extension was achieved at 0 ms. (B) A kick by both hind legs. At -46 ms, the ovipositor was touched by the paint brush and both hind legs rotated forwards but the tibiae were not fully flexed (-12 ms). From this position, the tibiae of both legs were then extended rapidly, with the right hind leg reaching full extension at 0 ms.

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