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Fig. 1 | Zoological Letters

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From: The formation of a hatching line in the serosal cuticle confers multifaceted adaptive functions on the eggshell of a cicada

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Eggs of Cryptotympana facialis. a An adult female of C. facialis laying eggs in a dead twig. b An egg on the day of oviposition. c An egg with a fully developed embryo. An orange broken line indicates the site of eggshell cleavage (hatching line), and an orange arrow indicates the cleavage direction. Crossed arrows indicate the anterior (An) and dorsal (Do) directions

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