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In August , when the herbage is dried and yellow , the grasshoppers still feed in
the same spots , but now they are brown and scorched - looking , in the perfect
similitude of bits of straw . ' ( 3 ) Adjustable Resemblance of Insects to Areas ...
In August , when the herbage is dried and yellow , the grasshoppers still feed in
the same spots , but now they are brown and scorched - looking , in the perfect
similitude of bits of straw . ' ( 3 ) Adjustable Resemblance of Insects to Areas ...
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Thus when Kerville transferred a specimen with a yellow abdomen from the
yellow corolla of Ranunculus acris to the greenish - white Viola tricolor , it
gradually assumed the colour of its new surroundings ; while a white - andgreen
individual ...
Thus when Kerville transferred a specimen with a yellow abdomen from the
yellow corolla of Ranunculus acris to the greenish - white Viola tricolor , it
gradually assumed the colour of its new surroundings ; while a white - andgreen
individual ...
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The same principle is illustrated by a stone - like locust nymph of North Africa ,
which exposes in display the bright yellow inner surfaces of its hind femora . The
habit of displaying sematic surfaces has been evolved independently in several ...
The same principle is illustrated by a stone - like locust nymph of North Africa ,
which exposes in display the bright yellow inner surfaces of its hind femora . The
habit of displaying sematic surfaces has been evolved independently in several ...
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