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 64
36 THE COLOURS OF ANIMALS invisible. The moth is also similarly concealed, and rests on tree-trunks. A caterpillar which makes its surroundings resemble itself In all the examples hitherto described, and count- less others, the insect is defended by resembling its surroundings ; the very… … leave a number of rib. 10.— The larva of Anaea sp. ? on the mid-rib of a leaf on which are many pieces of leaf of rough models of it- the general appearance of the larva ; third stage ; natural size ; after Wilhelm Miiller. self attached to the mid-rib, and then sits down beside them. The cater-…
Animals · Insects
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