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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 20.
Published in final edited form as: ACS Macro Lett. 2013 Jul 11;2(8):635–640. doi: 10.1021/mz4002194

Figure 1.

Figure 1

The sound-producing tymbal of the Australian cicada Cyclochila australasiae. (Top) Diagram showing the position of the tymbal (red arrow) at the anterior end of the insect's abdomen. (A) An unstained tymbal photographed in natural light (original). (B) A different tymbal stained for 24 hours in very dilute methylene blue solution. (C) The tymbal presented in A shows fluorescence when illuminated by an ultraviolet light at 365 nm. Reprinted with permission from Bennet-Clark, H. J. Exp. Biol. 2007, 210, 3879. Copyright (2007) The Company of Biologists.