Figure 6. Comparison of surface fine structure, reflectance, and wettability between the dorsal abdomen of mature males of O. albistylum and synthetic 2- pentacosanone crystallized on glass plates using three different cooling processes.

(A–H) Scanning electron microscope images. Panels E, F, G and H are magnified images of panels A, B, C and D, respectively, as indicated by red rectangles. (I–L) Micro-spectrometry from a 10 µm x 10 µm area. (M–P) Wettability measured with a 1 nL water droplet. (A, E, I, M) The dorsal abdomen of mature males of O. albistylum. (B, F, J, N) Synthetic wax crystallized by the dropping method. (C, G, K, O) Synthetic wax crystallized by the quenching method. (D, H, L, P) Synthetic wax crystallized by the slow-cooling method.