Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 158
... predatory insect foes he states : The attack of a common black predatory wasp has recently been very clearly demonstrated to me , still further explaining why the healthy young caterpillar of yesterday is no longer to be found on his ...
... predatory insect foes he states : The attack of a common black predatory wasp has recently been very clearly demonstrated to me , still further explaining why the healthy young caterpillar of yesterday is no longer to be found on his ...
Page 275
... predatory animals ; and secondly , into the actual evidence for discrimination and selective feeding . I. AVOIDANCE OF APOSEMATIC PREY IS NOT INSTINCTIVE , BUT ACQUIRED If warning coloration is of any value in leading to the recognition ...
... predatory animals ; and secondly , into the actual evidence for discrimination and selective feeding . I. AVOIDANCE OF APOSEMATIC PREY IS NOT INSTINCTIVE , BUT ACQUIRED If warning coloration is of any value in leading to the recognition ...
Page 359
... predatory Neuropteron , dresses itself with the remains of dead ants ; and if these are removed , the insect has the instinct to reclothe itself with them . The same writer found that the predatory bug Acanthaspis is in the habit of ...
... predatory Neuropteron , dresses itself with the remains of dead ants ; and if these are removed , the insect has the instinct to reclothe itself with them . The same writer found that the predatory bug Acanthaspis is in the habit of ...
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