The colours of animals : their meaning and use, especially considered in the case of insects (1890)
Poulton, Edward Bagnall, Sir, 1856-1943 · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 270
242 THE COLOURS OF ANIMALS . soon as he had finished this nauseous morsel, I offered him a Gold Tail Moth, but he shrank from the sight of it, and had evidently had quite enough of white moths for the time being. And yet he eagerly seized and devoured many other inconspicuous insects which I … Fig. 50.— Satin Moth (to the left) and Gold Tail Moth on an ivy leaf ; natural size. Although the moths are often of the same size, the Grold Tail is generally the smaller. offered to him. It was merely the resemblance to the moth which had so disgusted him that saved the Gold Tail, for on another…
Animals · Insects
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