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 and Company · leaf 308
the general surface and con- .cealed by a triangular flap.When irritated, the flap is fig, 62.—The 4th and 5th body- , , 1,1111 ,1 Tings (1st and 2nd abdominal) lowered and the black patches oitheiaxY&otstauropusfagias seen from the right side when become very conspicuous (see S^… … 282 THE COLOUKS OF ANIMALS ichneumon stings, or perhaps the result of a strugglewith some insect enemy, in which the larva has beenwounded. The blood of caterpillars forms a black clot,so that wounds are nearly always black until afterthe next change of skin. This is another form of mimetic…
Color of animals · Color of insects
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