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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2009 Aug 5;19(3):284–292. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2009.07.015

Figure 1. Insect olfactory sensilla.

Figure 1

(A) Adult male vinegar fly, Drosophila melanogaster, on a blade of grass. Black box indicates the position of the chemosensory antennae. Adapted from a royalty-free photo (© Studiotouch #8408777, Fotolia.com).

(B) Cartoon of one antenna, with the segments labeled and the position of three different types of chemosensory hairs on the third segment indicated, along with the classes of stimuli that activate neurons in these sensilla. Adapted from [34], published by the Public Library of Science, which uses the Creative Commons Attribution License.