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Page 225
This same device has long been employed in nature - in deserts and savannahs
and forests , by Caterpillars and Birds of Paradise , by Snakes and Praying
Mantids , by Iguanas and Fiddler Crabs - - and was no doubt an established and
...
This same device has long been employed in nature - in deserts and savannahs
and forests , by Caterpillars and Birds of Paradise , by Snakes and Praying
Mantids , by Iguanas and Fiddler Crabs - - and was no doubt an established and
...
Page 257
The effectiveness of this method of defence against widely different types of
predators is well illustrated by the conspicuous caterpillar of the Magpie Moth (
Abraxas grossulariata ) , which has provided a subject for numerous experiments
.
The effectiveness of this method of defence against widely different types of
predators is well illustrated by the conspicuous caterpillar of the Magpie Moth (
Abraxas grossulariata ) , which has provided a subject for numerous experiments
.
Page 319
On a smaller scale , and in a very different group of animals , the delusion is
much more perfectly seen in different Sphingid caterpillars , whose great fleshy
bodies are transfigured , by the combined magic of green colour - harmony ...
On a smaller scale , and in a very different group of animals , the delusion is
much more perfectly seen in different Sphingid caterpillars , whose great fleshy
bodies are transfigured , by the combined magic of green colour - harmony ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Adaptive Coloration in Animals |
| Author | Hugh Bamford Cott |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Methuen, 1957 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 mai 2006 |
| Length | 508 pages |
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