Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen, 1957 - 508 pages |
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Page 134
... striking , and I have referred elsewhere to an example in the little leaf - like Bufo typhonius of tropical South America ( see p . 316 ) . So far as my own experience goes with insects , when studying or photographing them in the field ...
... striking , and I have referred elsewhere to an example in the little leaf - like Bufo typhonius of tropical South America ( see p . 316 ) . So far as my own experience goes with insects , when studying or photographing them in the field ...
Page 199
... striking manner in which their behaviour differs from that of active cryptic species such as Acrida sulphuripennis : the former courts observation and scarcely resists capture , the latter seeks concealment and is difficult to capture ...
... striking manner in which their behaviour differs from that of active cryptic species such as Acrida sulphuripennis : the former courts observation and scarcely resists capture , the latter seeks concealment and is difficult to capture ...
Page 383
... striking its prey , brilliant changes of colour pass over the arms and head . Holmes has suggested that this play of colour may serve to distract attention from the long ejectile tentacles , which suddenly shoot out with lightning speed ...
... striking its prey , brilliant changes of colour pass over the arms and head . Holmes has suggested that this play of colour may serve to distract attention from the long ejectile tentacles , which suddenly shoot out with lightning speed ...
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