Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen, 1957 - 508 pages |
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... Spiders to Flowers - Many other animals , including various Crustacea and Arachnida , exhibit slow reactions of a similar kind . The Crab - spider Misumena vatia has a considerable capacity for colour - adaptation to different ...
... Spiders to Flowers - Many other animals , including various Crustacea and Arachnida , exhibit slow reactions of a similar kind . The Crab - spider Misumena vatia has a considerable capacity for colour - adaptation to different ...
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... spiders haunt the petals of flowers and there await the arrival of insect visitors . Species in which this habit is ... spiders of the genus Misumena . On Luzon , in Manila , Mortensen came across a white spider with yellow legs ...
... spiders haunt the petals of flowers and there await the arrival of insect visitors . Species in which this habit is ... spiders of the genus Misumena . On Luzon , in Manila , Mortensen came across a white spider with yellow legs ...
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... Spiders of the Family Attidæ . Nat . Hist . Soc . Wis . , II , pp . 1-84 , 6 Pls . Occ . Pap . 1894. The Sense of Sight in Spiders , with some Observations on the Color Sense . Trans . Wis . Acad . Sci . , X , pp . 231-61 . 466 PERCIVAL ...
... Spiders of the Family Attidæ . Nat . Hist . Soc . Wis . , II , pp . 1-84 , 6 Pls . Occ . Pap . 1894. The Sense of Sight in Spiders , with some Observations on the Color Sense . Trans . Wis . Acad . Sci . , X , pp . 231-61 . 466 PERCIVAL ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
COLOUR RESEMBLANCE DUE TO CHOICE OF APPROPRIATE BACKGROUNDS | 18 |
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adaptive coloration advertisement Africa antennæ aposematic appearance attack attitude background bark bees beetles behaviour birds body brown Bufo butterflies camouflage caterpillars chromatophores closely colour colour-scheme concealing coloration conspicuous contrast correlated countershading crab Crustacea cryptic coloration cryptic resemblance dark deceptive device display disruptive pattern dorsal eaten Edward Poulton effect eggs enemies environment evidence example exhibited experiments fact feeding figs fishes frogs function geckos genus grasshoppers green grey groups of animals habits head Hymenoptera illustrated insects instance instinct Journ larva larvæ later leaf Lepidoptera light lizards London mammals mantis markings mimetic mimicry mimics moths nature nest Nightjars observed optical Orthoptera Pará patches pigment Polychrus marmoratus Poulton predators prey principle Proc procryptic protective referred relation remarkable rest seen shade shadow significant similar snakes species specimens spider Stone-Curlew striking surface surroundings tail tegmina toads tone tropical various visual warning coloration wings yellow Zool