Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 26
... yellow , the grasshoppers still feed in the same spots , but now they are brown and scorched - looking , in the ... yellow individuals being detected . Subsequently , during late July and early August , when the Golden Rod begins to ...
... yellow , the grasshoppers still feed in the same spots , but now they are brown and scorched - looking , in the ... yellow individuals being detected . Subsequently , during late July and early August , when the Golden Rod begins to ...
Page 27
... 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 - and- green individual became clear yellow when removed from ...
... 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 - and- green individual became clear yellow when removed from ...
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... yellow abdomen - a display which effectively deterred Carpenter's monkey from further advances ( 79 ) . In the white Lymantriid Arctornis producta the tip of the abdomen , which is surrounded by yellow hairs , is protruded dorsally ...
... yellow abdomen - a display which effectively deterred Carpenter's monkey from further advances ( 79 ) . In the white Lymantriid Arctornis producta the tip of the abdomen , which is surrounded by yellow hairs , is protruded dorsally ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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