Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 185
... spider and happened with its front leg to touch a thread from the spider's carpet . At the instant of this touch the spider shot from its seat with the rapidity of a projectile . It was not a mere drop , but a violent leap after which ...
... spider and happened with its front leg to touch a thread from the spider's carpet . At the instant of this touch the spider shot from its seat with the rapidity of a projectile . It was not a mere drop , but a violent leap after which ...
Page 355
... spider , when alarmed , runs from its snare to assume the cryptic posture . The Peckhams also observed T. grallator run from the web to a branch , where the spider stretched itself in the manner characteristic of the genus . VI ...
... spider , when alarmed , runs from its snare to assume the cryptic posture . The Peckhams also observed T. grallator run from the web to a branch , where the spider stretched itself in the manner characteristic of the genus . VI ...
Page 356
... spider and pellet , though at first sight undermining the principle of protection , turns out to be an exception that proves the rule . The spider is black and white ; the pellet is brown . But the moment I touched the leaf to which the ...
... spider and pellet , though at first sight undermining the principle of protection , turns out to be an exception that proves the rule . The spider is black and white ; the pellet is brown . But the moment I touched the leaf to which the ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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