Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... brown mottled with dark - brown and olive ; weed - dwellers , like many Agrionidæ and Lestidæ , are yellow , green or olive marked with dark - brown or olive - green ; larvæ living on sticks , like many Brachytronini , may be dark ...
... brown mottled with dark - brown and olive ; weed - dwellers , like many Agrionidæ and Lestidæ , are yellow , green or olive marked with dark - brown or olive - green ; larvæ living on sticks , like many Brachytronini , may be dark ...
Page 180
... brown , the distribution being as follows : 65 brown specimens - 45 on green and 20 on brown plants ; 45 green specimens - 25 on brown and 20 on green plants . Thus , out of 110 specimens , 70 were exposed in surroundings against which ...
... brown , the distribution being as follows : 65 brown specimens - 45 on green and 20 on brown plants ; 45 green specimens - 25 on brown and 20 on green plants . Thus , out of 110 specimens , 70 were exposed in surroundings against which ...
Page 355
... brown Cyclosa tapetifaciens from British Guiana con- structs in the centre of its snare a flat grey - brown carpet composed of tiny insects and vegetable fragments : Argiope filiargentata , a small pure white species from Trinidad ...
... brown Cyclosa tapetifaciens from British Guiana con- structs in the centre of its snare a flat grey - brown carpet composed of tiny insects and vegetable fragments : Argiope filiargentata , a small pure white species from Trinidad ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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