Quantitative Characterization of the Filiform Mechanosensory Hair Array on the Cricket Cercus
Figure 2
Sequential serial optical sections through the base of a filiform hair socket.
The base of the filiform hair is intact in these sections. The sections were taken from directly above the socket, along the long axis of the cut-off hair. Images were taken with a 100X Zeiss Neoufluar oil immersion objective with NA of 1.0. A1–A4. Images on the left were obtained with Koehler illumination in DIC mode. B1–B4. Images on the right were obtained in fluorescence confocal mode. Each horizontal pair was obtained at the same image plane, with the deepest plane nearest the base of the hair in the bottom pair of panels (A4 and B4). Scale bar: 20 microns.