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 329
k tomake a display. In fact, his attitude appears to havefirst directed the attention of the authors to his pecu-liar beauty. The male of Dendryphantes capitatus hasa bronze-brown face, rendered conspicuous by snow-white bands, and, whether intentionally or not, heassumes an attitude which serves… … Fig. 6b.—Astia vittata; position of red varietyof male approaching female (from Peckham). last the female, either won by his beauty or worn outby his persistence, accepts his addresses. In the male of Ilahroces-tum splendens theabdomen is of amagnificent pur-plish red, and heassumes an atti-tude…
Color of animals · Color of insects
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