 | 1871 - 804 lehte
...except on withered bushes, they are almost sure to escape detection. " We thus have size, color, form and habits all combining together to produce a disguise which may be said to be absolutely perfect." In the same manner numerous instances are given of similar resemblances occurring between animals in... | |
 | 1871 - 806 lehte
...except on withered bushes, they are almost sure to escape detection. " We thus have size, color, form and habits all combining together to produce a disguise which may be said to be absolutely perfect." In the same manner numerous instances are given of similar resemblances occurring between animals in... | |
 | 1871 - 578 lehte
...they had been covered with minute fungi; "their size, colour, form, markings, and habits all combining to produce a disguise which may be said to be absolutely perfect." Most of our readers are probably conversant with the " walking-leaf insects," in which not only are... | |
 | 1871 - 588 lehte
...had been covered with minute fungi; " their size, colour, form, markings, and habits all combining to produce a disguise which may be said to be absolutely perfect/' Most of our readers are probably conversant with the " walking-leaf insects," in which not only are... | |
 | George St. Clair - 1873 - 296 lehte
...the perspective effect of a shrivelled leaf — size, colour, form, markings, and habits all combine to produce a disguise which may be said to be absolutely...the abundance of the individuals that possess it. Such instances could be multiplied. The British moth called Sesia bombiliformis very closely resembles... | |
 | St. George Jackson Mivart - 1876 - 492 lehte
...the branch and form a perfect stalk to the leaf, which is supported in its place by the claws of the middle pair of feet, which are slender and inconspicuous....the abundance of the individuals that possess it." Not only moths, but also beetles imitate bees. Wasps and objects the most strange are also mimic-keel... | |
 | St. George Jackson Mivart - 1876 - 488 lehte
...the branch and form a perfect stalk to the leaf, which is supported in its place by the claws of the middle pair of feet, which are slender and inconspicuous.....together to produce a disguise which may be said to bo absolutely perfect; and the protection which it affords is sufficiently indicated by the abundance... | |
 | St. George Jackson Mivart - 1876 - 486 lehte
...the branch and form a perfect stalk to the leaf, which is supported in its place by the claws of the middle pair of feet, which are slender and inconspicuous....exactly the perspective effect of a shrivelled leaf. "VVe thus have size, colour, form, markings, and habits, all combining together to produce a disguise... | |
 | 1882 - 922 lehte
...outline of the wings gives exactly the perspective effect of a shriveled leaf. We have thus size, color, form, markings, and habits, all combining together...sufficiently indicated by the abundance of the individuals which possess it." Of the walking-stick insects Wallace says : " Some of these are a foot long and... | |
 | Salem Wilder - 1886 - 368 lehte
...(he branch, and form a perfect stalk to the leaf, which is supported in its place by the claws of the middle pair of feet, which are slender and inconspicuous....perspective effect of a shrivelled leaf. We thus have size, color, form, markings, and habits all combining together to produce a disguise which may be said to... | |
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The little tails of the hind wing touch the branch, and form a perfect stalk to the leaf, which is supported in its place by the claws of the middle pair of feet, which are slender and inconspicuous. The irregular outline of the wings gives exactly the... 
