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 326
HE COLOURS OF ANIMALS the fact that the authors * often worked four or five hours a day, for a week, in getting a fair idea of the habits of a single species.' The courtship of Saitis pulex appears to be a most elaborate affair. A male was placed in a box containing a mature female. * He saw her as… … ening out the legs, and FlG. 63. — Saitis pulex. Male dancing before female (from Peckham). lowering it on the other by folding the first two pairs of legs up and under, leans SO far over as to be in danger of losing his balance, which he only maintained by sidling rapidly towards the lowered side.…
Animals · Insects
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