Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 76
... position of the pattern and the mutual position of the wings in the resting insect . Two examples will suffice to make this point clear . The Blood - vein Moth ( Timandra amata ) has the upper surfaces of its wings broken by two narrow ...
... position of the pattern and the mutual position of the wings in the resting insect . Two examples will suffice to make this point clear . The Blood - vein Moth ( Timandra amata ) has the upper surfaces of its wings broken by two narrow ...
Page 100
... position . I remember one chilly morning on the Pilcomayo river being quite startled by suddenly becoming aware that the still dew - laden grass all round was peopled by thousands of these butterflies clinging to the grass stems , the ...
... position . I remember one chilly morning on the Pilcomayo river being quite startled by suddenly becoming aware that the still dew - laden grass all round was peopled by thousands of these butterflies clinging to the grass stems , the ...
Page 356
... position . When I forced it away from the cocoon it came back after five minutes , crawled down again to the lower end of the cocoon and took up the stick - like position once more ' ( 265 ) . Again , this is what Hingston says of a ...
... position . When I forced it away from the cocoon it came back after five minutes , crawled down again to the lower end of the cocoon and took up the stick - like position once more ' ( 265 ) . Again , this is what Hingston says of a ...
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