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 284
256 THE COLOURS OF ANIMALS attack, are very bold and fearless, so that no disguise is necessary in order to approach them. The spiders, on the other hand, are eagerly sought for by insecti- vorous birds; hence there is little doubt that the mimicry is protective.^ E. G. Peckham also describes two… … Fig. 53.— Synageles picata ; an ant-like spider (from Peck- but zigzags continually from side ham). to side, exactly like an ant which is out in search of booty. . . . The ant only moves in this way when it is hunting, at other times it goes in a straight line ; but its little imitator zigzags…
Animals · Insects
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