Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... taken by Bacot , Carpenter and Swynnerton on areas recently blackened by fire , and including a cockroach , a mantis , a cricket , many species of Acridiid grasshoppers , a Penta- tomid bug , and a Noctuid larva , all showed more or ...
... taken by Bacot , Carpenter and Swynnerton on areas recently blackened by fire , and including a cockroach , a mantis , a cricket , many species of Acridiid grasshoppers , a Penta- tomid bug , and a Noctuid larva , all showed more or ...
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... taken from a muddy bottom are mainly greyish - brown , usually without white spots , though these become numerous in specimens kept on whitish pebbly bottoms ( 255 ) . Such adjustments of coloration coinciding with the tone , or colour ...
... taken from a muddy bottom are mainly greyish - brown , usually without white spots , though these become numerous in specimens kept on whitish pebbly bottoms ( 255 ) . Such adjustments of coloration coinciding with the tone , or colour ...
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... taken by Trout . He states of the former that it has never been seen to be taken by a trout , though a great number have been observed floating down where fish were feeding . On two occasions considerable hatches of this insect were ...
... taken by Trout . He states of the former that it has never been seen to be taken by a trout , though a great number have been observed floating down where fish were feeding . On two occasions considerable hatches of this insect were ...
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