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 72
44 THE COLOUKS OF ANIMALS caterpillar. Hence all we can see is an oval convex mass of a substance resembling white cotton wool, an appearance very suggestive of a cocoon (see fig. 12). The caterpillar's body is almost invisible ; but on looking carefully we can just make out a dim curved shape… … Fia. 12 —The larva of Miller Moth (Aero- Fig. 13. —The larva of Miller Moth (Acro- nyctaleporina), at rest on a, hirchlesif ; nycta leporina)^ wandering about on adult ; natural size. bark before forming cocoon ; natural size. furthermore, the larva is very short and thick, and thus resembles the…
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