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https://flic.kr/p/2UxA3Q</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ashby1.png</image:loc><image:title>ashby1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ashby-plot-complete.png</image:loc><image:title>Ashby Plot Complete</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ashby1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ashby1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/biologicalmaterialsoverlay.jpg</image:loc><image:title>BiologicalMaterialsOverlay</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/himalayan-jumping-spider-front-view.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Himalayan-jumping-spider-front-view</image:title><image:caption>Himalayan jumping spider by Gavin Maxwell via Arkive</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/4408219455_6899c856fc_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>4408219455_6899c856fc_o</image:title><image:caption>Cucujus clavipes larva by Lynette via Flickr.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/larva_belgica_f.jpg</image:loc><image:title>larva_belgica_f</image:title><image:caption>Belgica antarctica larva by Richard Lee. Courtesey: National Science Foundation</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cucujusclavipes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cucujus clavipes</image:title><image:caption>Red Flat Bark Beetle by Tom Murray via BugGuide. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/14041017880_3fe46da60f_k.jpg</image:loc><image:title>14041017880_3fe46da60f_k</image:title><image:caption>Machine Meltdown by Darkday from flickr.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-09-10T12:47:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/2015/05/20/quorum-sensing-on-capitol-hill/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/durbin.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Durbin</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/davis.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Davis</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/capitoltulips.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CapitolTulips</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/5662124280_91fb1be785_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5662124280_91fb1be785_o</image:title><image:caption>Now what? We better find the best new nest site quickly.
Picture by Eran Finkle via Flickr.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/honeybeeswarmtree.jpg</image:loc><image:title>HoneybeeSwarmTree</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/honeybeeswarmjetplane.jpg</image:loc><image:title>HoneybeeSwarmJetplane</image:title><image:caption>Probably also not the best nest site.
Picture by MSgt Todd E. Enderle, 309 AMU/MXACW, 13 Oct 2005, submitted by Wayne Fordham, HQ AFCESA/CESM, Tyndall AFB, FL.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/beeswarmbike1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>BeeSwarmBike</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/beeswarmbike.jpg</image:loc><image:title>BeeSwarmBike</image:title><image:caption>Probably not the best nest site. 
Picture by By Nino Barbieri (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-28T19:18:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/2015/05/07/the-insect-cuticle-4-hydration/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/screen-shot-2015-05-07-at-9-03-35-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2015-05-07 at 9.03.35 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/wood-borers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wood borers</image:title><image:caption>Art by Rob Mitchell</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sphingidae.png</image:loc><image:title>sphingidae</image:title><image:caption>By Rob Mitchell</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-08T02:34:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/2015/05/06/the-insect-cuticle-3-self-assembly/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/3dprint.jpg</image:loc><image:title>3Dprint</image:title><image:caption> The future of manufacturing. (Art based on pictures by M. Alleyne, 
Yogendra Joshi
and MKZero)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/kreepingitreal.jpg</image:loc><image:title>KreepingItReal</image:title><image:caption>"Kreeping It Real" (Graffiti art on boxcar). Picture by Rob Swatski. Flickr.com.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/blastfurnacegardiner.jpg</image:loc><image:title>BlastFurnaceGardiner</image:title><image:caption>"A Blast Furnace" By Clive Gardiner for the Empire Marketing Board. c1930 National Archives UK</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/motormanufacturinggardiner.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MotorManufacturingGardiner</image:title><image:caption>"Motor Manufacturing" By Clive Gardiner for the Empire Marketing Board. c1930 National Archives UK</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-06T22:03:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/teaching/</loc><lastmod>2014-02-28T13:35:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wrote-down-some-thoughts-about-moocs-while-sitting-at-scio14-hotel-bar/</loc><lastmod>2014-02-28T14:47:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/2014/01/17/the-insect-cuticle-2-hierarchical-structure/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/chitinproteinmatrix1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ChitinProteinMatrix</image:title><image:caption>Chitin-protein fibers are woven into a matrix.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/chitinproteinfibers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ChitinProteinFibers</image:title><image:caption>Nanofibrils clustered together to form chitin-protein fibers.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/antiparallelchtinmolecules.jpg</image:loc><image:title>AntiparallelChtinMolecules</image:title><image:caption>A portion of a chitin chain. In most insect cuticles these chains are arranged in an anti-parallel manner. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/nanofibrilschitinprotein.jpg</image:loc><image:title>NanofibrilsChitinProtein</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/helicoidalstacking.jpg</image:loc><image:title>HelicoidalStacking</image:title><image:caption>The helicoidal stacking of chitin-protein layers (matrix) creates a twisted arrangement. This creates a arching pattern in the cuticle as a whole. (Pictures by Marianne Alleyne)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/chitinproteinmatrix.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ChitinProteinMatrix</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mesomicrohierarchy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MesoMicroHierarchy</image:title><image:caption>The insect integument. Let's call this meso-level hierarchy. The integument is comprised of an epidermal cell layer and cuticle, all on top of basement membrane. (Drawing by Marianne Alleyne)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mesolevelhierarchy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MesoLevelHierarchy</image:title><image:caption>The insect integument. Let's call this meso-level hierarchy. The integument is comprised of an epidermal cell layer and cuticle.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/insectplywood.jpg</image:loc><image:title>InsectPlywood</image:title><image:caption>Characteristic Figure from "Insects Did It 1st" book by Akre, Paulson and Catts. Illustration by E. Paul Catts.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-29T17:36:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/2013/06/24/going-micro-tubular/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/simplifiedtrachealnetwork.png</image:loc><image:title>SimplifiedTrachealNetwork</image:title><image:caption>Simplified insect physiological network modeled by Aboelkassem &amp; Staples. The "trachea" can be collapsed at multiple points within the network (red arrows). The collapse motion protocol can be varied by including time phase lags. The result is precise movement of the liquid or gas.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/aboelkassemfig6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>AboelkassemFig6</image:title><image:caption>Need to redraw this.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/spaceshuttleports.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SpaceShuttlePorts</image:title><image:caption>The RCS thrusters on the nose of the US Space Shuttle are reminiscent of insect spiracles and trachea.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/trachealsystem.png</image:loc><image:title>TrachealSystem</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/trachea-cross-section.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Trachea Cross Section</image:title><image:caption>Cross section of tracheal tube. A tracheal tube is comprised of an epidermal outer layer which bathes in hymolymph, an inner intima layer, and taenidia which reinforce the intima layer much like a car's radiator hose is reinforced by coil of steel. (Drawing by Marianne Alleyne)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tracheal-system.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tracheal system</image:title><image:caption>Tracheal System</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-25T18:57:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/2013/02/19/introducing-engineering-students-to-bioinspiration/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dezeenshoe.jpg</image:loc><image:title>"Biomimicry shoe" </image:title><image:caption>"Biomimicry Shoe" by Marieka Ratsma and Kostika Spaho. Interesting, definitely. Pretty, maybe.Biomimicry, definitely not.
Photograph by Thomas van Schaik.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/drawings-of-a-bird-in-flightblog.jpg</image:loc><image:title>drawings-of-a-bird-in-flight.jpg!Blog</image:title><image:caption>Leonardo Da Vinci's sketch of a bird in flight. 
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bookcovers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>BookCovers</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/rulerant.png</image:loc><image:title>RulerAnt</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-20T05:11:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/2014/01/15/insect-cuticle-multi-functionality/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/campaniform-sensilla-2014-01-15-10-07-29-678-pm-e1389846207898.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Campaniform Sensilla 2014-01-15 (10.07.29-678 PM)</image:title><image:caption>The campaniform sensilla is a mechanoreceptor found in insects. When the exoskeleton bends the resulting strain stimulates the sensilla. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/chordotonal-organ-2014-01-15-10-07-30-534-pm-e1389845925673.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chordotonal organ 2014-01-15 (10.07.30-534 PM)</image:title><image:caption>The chordotonal organ is a stretch receptor that senses to what degree the cuticle is being deformed. This deformation can then give information about movement of body parts, gravity (proprioception) and vibrations of the surrounding air (hearing).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/trichoid-sensilla-2014-01-15-10-07-31-367-pm-e1389845553611.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Trichoid Sensilla 2014-01-15 (10.07.31-367 PM)</image:title><image:caption>The functionality of the trichoid sensilla - a mechanosensory hair - is dependent on the rigidity of the cuticle.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/caterpillardrawing.png</image:loc><image:title>CaterpillarDrawing</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mothadultdrawing.png</image:loc><image:title>MothAdultDrawing</image:title><image:caption>Adult Moth (Drawing by Marianne Alleyne)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pupadrawing.png</image:loc><image:title>PupaDrawing</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/insect-cuticle-functions.jpg</image:loc><image:title>insect cuticle functions</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-16T14:31:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/2013/11/25/entsoc13-one-for-the-record-books/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/postcardfrontweb_rgb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PostcardFrontWEB_RGB</image:title><image:caption>Some of the art from the Eclosion exhibit.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/esastaff3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ESAstaff3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/programcommitteeinaustin1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ProgramCommitteeInAustin</image:title><image:caption>Left: Program Committee of #EntSoc13 at Summer Meeting in Austin. Right: The people who make the meeting go smoothly Tori D. (ConFex), Cindy M. (ESA) &amp; Rosina R. (ESA).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/programcommitteeinaustin.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ProgramCommitteeInAustin</image:title><image:caption>Left: Program Committee of #EntSoc13 at Summer Meeting in Austin. Right: The people who make the meeting go smoothly Tori D. (ConFex), Cindy M. (ESA) &amp; Rosina R. (ESA).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/summermeeting.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SummerMeeting</image:title><image:caption>The Program Committee hard at work during the Summer Meeting. Top left - assigning symposia to rooms. Top right - ESA staff entering choices into ConFex. Bottom - sifting through all the submissions looking for duplicate entries, spelling mistakes, etc.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/stickynotes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>StickyNotes</image:title><image:caption>To organize all the symposia I went back to basics and used sticky notes. Top left shows me dividing up the P-IE, and bottom right shows my son entering info into ConFex. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-25T18:14:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/2013/11/22/so-meta-a-blog-post-about-my-poster-about-blogging/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/esa13postergrab.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ESA13PosterGrab</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-22T14:59:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/outreach/ple2013/</loc><lastmod>2013-10-24T04:12:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/outreach/</loc><lastmod>2013-10-16T03:04:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/2013/09/18/the-termite-mound-a-not-quite-true-popular-bioinspiration-story/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/comparelungsmound.png</image:loc><image:title>CompareLungsMound</image:title><image:caption>Comparison of the functional organization of mammalian lungs and the termite mound. There are areas of forced convection (large tidal flows) in red, areas where smaller tidal flows dominate creating mixing diffusion-convection, and then the areas where diffusion dominates.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/daynight.png</image:loc><image:title>DayNight</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/eastgatedetail.jpg</image:loc><image:title>EastGateDetail</image:title><image:caption>Detail of tube system within Eastgate Centre building.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/eastgate.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Eastgate</image:title><image:caption>Eastgate Centre (with chimneys on roof) in Harare Zimbabwe. (Source: wikipedia.org. Unknown potographer)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-04-08-40-10.png</image:loc><image:title>2013-09-04 08.40.10</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-04-08-40-12.png</image:loc><image:title>2013-09-04 08.40.12</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-04-08-40-14.png</image:loc><image:title>2013-09-04 08.40.14</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-04-08-40-16.png</image:loc><image:title>2013-09-04 08.40.16</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-04-08-40-17.png</image:loc><image:title>2013-09-04 08.40.17</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-04-08-40-19.png</image:loc><image:title>2013-09-04 08.40.19</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-19T14:32:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/2013/06/30/insect-bits-bytes-june-2013-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dragonflycurvace.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DragonFlyCurvace</image:title><image:caption>Size comparison between CURVACE (Curved Artificial Compound Eye) and a dragonfly. Image: courtesy Dario Floreano / Swiss Federal Institute of Technology</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/assembly_method.png</image:loc><image:title>assembly_method</image:title><image:caption>Illustration for the CURVACE assembly_method. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-01T00:18:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/2013/05/31/insect-bits-bytes-may-2013/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/galleriamellonella.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GalleriaMellonella</image:title><image:caption>An illustration from British Entomology by John Curtis. Lepidoptera: Galleria mellonella </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/motheye.jpg</image:loc><image:title>motheye</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/rogersbeeeye.jpg</image:loc><image:title>RogersBeeEye</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ommatidium-e1369967217366.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ommatidium</image:title><image:caption>Ommatidium (basic component of the compound eye)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-25T23:44:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/2013/05/28/the-dawn-of-the-artificial-coprophages/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/xfiles1-e1369447499719.jpg</image:loc><image:title>xfiles1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/cockroach-tripod-2013-05-23-10-33-59-438-pm-e1369367683327.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cockroach tripod 2013-05-23 (10.33.59-438 PM)</image:title><image:caption>Cockroach tripod</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/phase-diagram-2013-05-23-10-33-59-186-pm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Phase Diagram 2013-05-23 (10.33.59-186 PM)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sprawl-2013-05-23-10-34-27-817-pm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sprawl 2013-05-23 (10.34.27-817 PM)</image:title><image:caption>Member of the Sprawl family. One of the first fully dynamic locomoting hexapods. (Drawing by Marianne Alleyne)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/whegs-2013-05-23-10-34-26-759-pm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Whegs 2013-05-23 (10.34.26-759 PM)</image:title><image:caption>Whegs...(Drawing by Marianne Alleyne)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/rhex-2013-05-23-10-34-25-522-pm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>RHex</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sprawlette.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A sprawl robot.</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sprawl.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sprawl</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/rhexdiffterrain.jpg</image:loc><image:title>RHexDiffTerrain</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/robot1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Robot1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-03T11:07:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/2013/05/20/i-did-not-do-it-first/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1stdome.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1stdome</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/akrebook-e1369447646804.jpg</image:loc><image:title>"Insects Did It First" - the book</image:title><image:caption>My used-copy of the book of the same name as this blog. (Picture by Marianne Alleyne)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-12-07T21:30:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/2013/05/15/jump-go-ahead-jump-little-springtail/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/globularcollembolanlordv.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Globular Collembolan</image:title><image:caption>Globular Springtail Dicyrtomina saundersi. Body length = 1.7mm. Picture by Lord V. Used with permission.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/elongatecollembola.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Elongate Collembola</image:title><image:caption>Picture by Lord V. Used with permission.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/underneathcollembolalordv.jpg</image:loc><image:title>View of a sprintail's underside.</image:title><image:caption>This excellent picture by Lord V is of a picture walking over a glass slide. Clearly visible is the forked furca that can prope the springtail into the air.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/springer-diagram-2013-05-07-08-27-37-720-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Springer Diagram </image:title><image:caption>Click mechanism model of the furca. The furca, at rest, is retracted into an abdominal ventral groove. A pair of "basal rods" (springs) are embedded in ventral and lateral parts of the abdominal sclerites 4 &amp; 5, these springs also attach to the apex of the furca. The spring/click mechanism gets help from muscle and active dorsiflexion of the body, which both help release to spring organ from the groove)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/collembolaboth.png</image:loc><image:title>CollembolaBoth</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/springtailfurca.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Springtail furca</image:title><image:caption>The springing mechanism of a generalized springtail; partially retracted (left) and extended (right).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/springtailfurca.png</image:loc><image:title>Springtailfurca</image:title><image:caption>The springing mechanism of a generalized springtail; partially retracted (left) and extended (right).</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-02-15T17:45:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/about/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/alexwildparasitoid.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cotesia congregata ovipositing into Manduca sexta (Picture by AlexanderWild.com)</image:title><image:caption>Cotesia congregata ovipositing into Manduca sexta (Picture by AlexanderWild.com)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/profilegray.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Marianne Alleyne</image:title><image:caption>Marianne Alleyne</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-01-23T01:07:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/2013/02/28/field-trip-to-the-alleyne-lab/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/map.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Map</image:title><image:caption>Google Map of the UIUC campus</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_6420.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6420</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_6401.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6401</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_6403.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6403</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_6410.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6410</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/zinccastantnest2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ZincCastAntNest2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/zinccastantnest.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ZincCastAntNest</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-02-27-15-21-401-e1389673791260.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2013-02-27 15.21.40</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_6422.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6422</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_6419.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6419</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-03-02T17:40:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/2013/02/09/feathers-in-my-caps/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/wilson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wilson</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/entomologyhatfeathers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>EntomologyHatFeathers</image:title><image:caption>One of the many hats I wear.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nancybeckage.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nancybeckage</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/parmanduca.png</image:loc><image:title>ParManduca</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_5004.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5004</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_4982.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4982</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_4929.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4929</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-28T21:35:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com/2013/01/29/some-day-i-will-click-that-publish-button-and-you-will-all-be-amazed/</loc><lastmod>2013-01-30T03:14:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://insectsdiditfirst.com</loc><changefreq>daily</changefreq><priority>1.0</priority><lastmod>2021-02-11T21:19:16+00:00</lastmod></url></urlset>
