microscope (Olympus) equipped with UPLFLN ×20, ×40 oil
immersion and ×60 oil-immersion objectives and 512×512
EM-CCD camera (ImagEM Enhanced C9100-13, Hamamatsu Photonics) or a Leica
TCS SP5 II confocal microscope (Leica Microsystems) equipped with an
×40 oil-immersion and ×63 oil-immersion objective, 405
nm diode, 458, 476, 488, 496 and 514 nm Ar, 543 nm HeNe and 633 nm HeNe
lasers and digital zoom. Images were acquired using SlideBook (version
4.2, Intelligent Imaging Innovations) or Leica Application Suite (Leica
Microsystems) software.
For all images, Z-stacks through the midgut were acquired every
0.2–1 μm through the tissue.