Acknowledgments
The authors thank T. Ishibashi, M. Takahashi, and T. Inagaki, and
N. Idogawa, members of the laboratory of insect ecology, Kyoto
University, for their help during sample collection and filming
behavior. The authors thank M.T. Kamiyama for helpful com
ments on the manuscript. They acknowledge the support provided
by the Foundation for Promotion of Material Science and
Technology of Japan (MST) in micro-CT measurement. They thank
F. Eto of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Anatomy,
Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, and E. Hiyama and
T. Harada of the Natural Science Center for Basic Research and
Development (N-BARD), Hiroshima University, for their technical
support in sample preparation and measurement of MS. The au
thors also thank Y. Tokunaga and T. Kitamoto of the Advanced
Research Facilities and Services (ARFS), Hamamatsu University
School of Medicine, for their technical support in TEM and
LC-MS/MS measurements.
Supplementary material
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Funding
This work was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of
Science (JSPS) KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP22K14830 (E.T.) and
JP18H05268 (K.M.).
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