Fig. 9

Analysis of the ultrastructure of mosquito leg cuticles. a The 12- to 24-h PE mosquitoes were injected with siCHSA (300 ng per mosquito) or NC (controls). After 72 h, legs were collected from the PE mosquitoes. The black arrow indicates the location at which the sample was collected. b Representative TEM images of leg cuticles from WT, NC and siCHSAL PE mosquitoes at 24, 48 and 72 h. ENDO Endocuticle