Figure 4 in Powdering of egg nests with brochosomes and related sexual dimorphism in leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

Figure 4. Making of an egg nest in three species of Proconiini: diagrammatic representation based on video records of individual females. Temporal succession of laying (white bars) and powdering (black bars) is shown on the horizontal axis. Each bout of laying includes all the activity between the insertion and subsequent withdrawal of the ovipositor and generally means making a chamber and inserting two eggs. Black circles connected with powdering bouts by vertical lines represent number of the hindleg strokes in each bout. Note variable time and stroke number scales in different species. (A) Oncometopia orbona, 22.0∞C. (B) Homalodisca liturata, 32.0 ∞C, laying of the first pair of eggs not observed (dashed line). (C) Cuerna striata, 24.5∞C.