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 55
ive up the twig-Hkeposition while it fixes a new sup-porting thread. In some cases thecaterpillar gains support by holdinga leaf or twig with one of its threepairs of true legs, or legs which will persist in theperfect insect (see fig. 3; also figs. 40 and 41, page 152).These pairs of legs are… … Fig. 3.—The larva ofPeppered Moth (^m-phidasis betularia);last stage; naturalsize. PROTECTIVE EESEMBLANCES IN LEPIDOPTERA 29 common for the crown to be deeply notched, thusproducing two humps which make a very natural endto the apparent twig. In the caterpillar of the SmallEmerald Moth {Hemithea…
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