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Page 185
( 2 ) Wasp and Spider - Hingston has described the plan of escape in the case of
a spider as follows : ' An Epeirid had its ... It approached close to the harmonizing
spider and happened with its front leg to touch a thread from the spider's carpet .
( 2 ) Wasp and Spider - Hingston has described the plan of escape in the case of
a spider as follows : ' An Epeirid had its ... It approached close to the harmonizing
spider and happened with its front leg to touch a thread from the spider's carpet .
Page 356
These cases are the more remarkable in that spiders as a rule are not like their
cocoons , and it is only those kinds that ... The sharp difference in colour between
spider and pellet , though at first sight undermining the principle of protection ...
These cases are the more remarkable in that spiders as a rule are not like their
cocoons , and it is only those kinds that ... The sharp difference in colour between
spider and pellet , though at first sight undermining the principle of protection ...
Page 395
It was significant that here again the spider was seated in the middle of a small
irregular web mat , which with a narrow streak laid down towards its sloping
margin , represented accurately the more fluid part of the dropping even to the
run - off ...
It was significant that here again the spider was seated in the middle of a small
irregular web mat , which with a narrow streak laid down towards its sloping
margin , represented accurately the more fluid part of the dropping even to the
run - off ...
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Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
VARIABLE COLOUR RESEMBLANCE | 20 |
THE PRINCIPLE OF CONCEALMENT BY COUNTERSHADING | 35 |
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