Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... flowers , where they lie in ambush for insect prey . They exhibit a fair range of coloration , and it is well known that individuals tend to resemble closely the tint of the particular flower inhabited . For instance , Packard ( 452 ) ...
... flowers , where they lie in ambush for insect prey . They exhibit a fair range of coloration , and it is well known that individuals tend to resemble closely the tint of the particular flower inhabited . For instance , Packard ( 452 ) ...
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... flowers , whether in Patagonia or Brazil , in South Africa or West Australia . Among 159 ornithophilous flowers listed by Werth ( 661 ) , 84 per cent . were red . And it is very interesting to notice in passing that such flowers cater ...
... flowers , whether in Patagonia or Brazil , in South Africa or West Australia . Among 159 ornithophilous flowers listed by Werth ( 661 ) , 84 per cent . were red . And it is very interesting to notice in passing that such flowers cater ...
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... flowers of Pancratium , at Minnicoy : So exactly matched were the colours of the insect and the flower ' , he writes , ' that had I not hap- pened to shake the creature out of its ambush , where it was lying in wait like a spider for ...
... flowers of Pancratium , at Minnicoy : So exactly matched were the colours of the insect and the flower ' , he writes , ' that had I not hap- pened to shake the creature out of its ambush , where it was lying in wait like a spider for ...
Contents
SEASONAL DIMORPHISM | 17 |
MORPHOLOGICAL COLOUR | 24 |
OBLITERATIVE SHADING | 35 |
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adaptive coloration advertisement African antennæ aposematic aposematic animals appearance attack attitude autotomy bees behaviour birds body brown Bufo butterflies camouflage caterpillars chromatophores closely colour colour-scheme concealing coloration conspicuous contrast correlated countershading crab creatures Crustacea cryptic coloration cryptic resemblance dark deceptive defence device display disruptive pattern dorsal eaten Edward Poulton effect eggs enemies environment evidence example exhibited experiments exposed fact feeding fishes frogs function genus grasshoppers green grey group of animals habits Hingston Hymenoptera illustrated insects instance instinct larva larvæ later leaf Lepidoptera light lizards mammals markings mimetic mimicry moths nature nest nidifugous Nightjars nocturnal observed optical Orthoptera phenomena pigment Poulton predators predatory prey principle procryptic protective referred relation remarkable rest seen shade significant similar snakes species specimens spider Stone-Curlew striking surface surroundings tail tegmina tion toads tone various visual warning coloration widely wings yellow Zool