Fig. 3 in Silk Spinning Behavior Varies from Species-Specific to Individualistic in Embioptera: Do Environmental Correlates Account for this Diversity?

Fig. 3. Kinematic diagrams displaying relative proportion of spin-steps in each position as relative size of the circles. Saturated black color of the body represents dorsal spinning; dark gray represents kinematics when the embiopteran faces the framework silk and spins with her ventral surface facing the camera and the emerging silk structure. Spinning was recorded during hour-long filming sessions in the laboratory in an apparatus as shown in Supp Fig. 1 [online only]. (A) Notoligotoma hardyi average spin dynamics, (B) Haploembia tarsalis average spin dynamics, (C) Diagram shows the positions of the different possible spinsteps whereby the words are placed in the position of the front foot as the embiopteran steps around her body to release silk with each foot fall.The same steps are taken on the left as well during spinning. See Supp Video 2 [online only] for examples of spinning behavior exhibited by individual females.