Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 345
... soon begin to collect again into groups - and this instinctive habit of combining for mutual protection is shared by the white waxy larvæ ( 258 ) which resemble , when clustered , groups of white blossoms ( 280 ) . II . SPECIAL ...
... soon begin to collect again into groups - and this instinctive habit of combining for mutual protection is shared by the white waxy larvæ ( 258 ) which resemble , when clustered , groups of white blossoms ( 280 ) . II . SPECIAL ...
Page 361
... soon as he gets among them , he grasps the nearest duck by the legs , jerks it under the water , and ties it to his girdle , where it is soon drowned . He then makes his way to another duck , and , if an experienced hand , will capture ...
... soon as he gets among them , he grasps the nearest duck by the legs , jerks it under the water , and ties it to his girdle , where it is soon drowned . He then makes his way to another duck , and , if an experienced hand , will capture ...
Page 392
... soon as the Mantis had settled itself on the inflorescence , a small , dark , dipterous insect , of a kind very commonly seen on the flowers of this species of Melastoma , alighted on one of its hinder legs . It was soon joined by ...
... soon as the Mantis had settled itself on the inflorescence , a small , dark , dipterous insect , of a kind very commonly seen on the flowers of this species of Melastoma , alighted on one of its hinder legs . It was soon joined by ...
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