Figure 1
(a) Cicada Psaltoda claripennis perched on native flora. (b) Optical profiling of a cicada wing at different magnifications. The inset on the left shows a close-up view of a flat region of the wing membrane while the image on the right shows a lower magnification view, which includes a wing vein. (c) SEM image. (d) Typical FTIR spectrum of a cicada wing membrane showing molecular absorption bands of various peaks of interest. |