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Figure 8


Fig. 8. The attitude of the body (see angle measured in top frame of A) is set by movements of the front and middle pairs of legs. Selected frames from a jump of Aphrodes viewed from the side, captured at 4000 frames s–1 and with an exposure of 0.25 ms. (A) During the holding phase, the front and middle legs were depressed and extended so that the angle of the body was raised from 23° to 42°. (B) The hind legs were then depressed further raising the body angle to 58° at take-off and launching the jump at a take-off angle of 50°. Scale bar, 2 mm.





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