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 299
COMBINATION OF MANY METHODS OF DEFENCE 271 The same larva assumes a terrifying attitude (mimetic of a vertebrate appearance) when disturbed As soon as a large larva is discovered and disturbed it withdraws its head into the first body-ring, inflating the margin, which is of a bright red colour.… … vertebrate enemies of the fSwe^i'J^nl^r^^^^^^^ ^''""^ ' caterpillar. The terrify- ing effect is therefore mimetic. The movements en- tirely depend on tactile impressions : when touched ever so lightly a healthy larva immediately assumes the terrifying attitude, and turns so as to present its full…
Animals · Insects
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