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( 3 ) Nocturnal Predators and Moths — Further evidence of selective elimination
by wild predators of the more conspicuous members of a species is afforded by
Harrison's studies of the moth Oporabia autumnata , on Eston Moor , Yorkshire ...
( 3 ) Nocturnal Predators and Moths — Further evidence of selective elimination
by wild predators of the more conspicuous members of a species is afforded by
Harrison's studies of the moth Oporabia autumnata , on Eston Moor , Yorkshire ...
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For instance , his classified list of moths comprises 180 specimens belonging to
23 species : of these , 135 moths belonging to 19 dull - coloured , nocturnal
species were rated between 76-5 and 100 , and earned an average acceptability
of 90 ...
For instance , his classified list of moths comprises 180 specimens belonging to
23 species : of these , 135 moths belonging to 19 dull - coloured , nocturnal
species were rated between 76-5 and 100 , and earned an average acceptability
of 90 ...
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occupied by Bats yielded on examination 20 Hawk - moths ( Sphingid¿ )
belonging to 7 species , and one Noctuid . Without exception all were procryptic
in coloration . Similar results in the case of British Bats - probably the Long -
eared Bat ...
occupied by Bats yielded on examination 20 Hawk - moths ( Sphingid¿ )
belonging to 7 species , and one Noctuid . Without exception all were procryptic
in coloration . Similar results in the case of British Bats - probably the Long -
eared Bat ...
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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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