 The prongs represent the last pair of larval legs which have been greatly modified from their ordinary shape and use. The end of the body is at the same time curved forward over the back (generally much further than in Fig. 112), so that the pink filaments...  Animals: A Text-book of Zoology - Стр. 216авторы: David Starr Jordan, Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Harold Heath - 1905Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | George John Romanes - 1892 - Страниц: 510
...represent the last pair of larval legs which have been greatly modified from their ordinary shape and use. The end of the body is at the same time curved forward over the back (generally much further than in Fig. I 13), so that the pink filaments are brandished above the head.... | |
 | George John Romanes - 1892 - Страниц: 504
...touched on the other side or on the back it instantly turns its face in the appropriate direction. The effect is also greatly strengthened by two pink whips which are swiftly protruded f1om the prongs of the fork in which the body terminates. The prongs represent the last pair of larval... | |
 | James Iverach - 1894 - Страниц: 264
...disturbed it assumes a terrifying attitude mimetic of a vertebrate appearance. The effect is heightened by two pink whips which are swiftly protruded from...the prongs of the fork in which the body terminates ; it can also eject an irritant fluid. And yet, with all these combined means of defence, it fails... | |
 | George John Romanes - 1896 - Страниц: 528
...touched on the other side or on the back it instantly turns its face in the appropriate direction. The effect is also greatly strengthened by two pink...prongs of the fork in which the body terminates. The prongs represent the last pair of larval legs which have been greatly modified from their ordinary... | |
 | David Starr Jordan, Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Harold Heath - 1903 - Страниц: 480
...has been often referred to as a striking example of terrifying appearances. When one of these larvae is disturbed, " it retracts its head into the first...the pink filaments are brandished above the head." 284. Alluring coloration. — A few animals show what are called alluring colors — that is, they... | |
 | David Starr Jordan, Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Harold Heath - 1903 - Страниц: 482
...ace, which is probably ■when undisturbed ; lower figure, when dis- n . n . turbed.-After ponton. alarming to the vertebrate enemies of the caterpillar....the pink filaments are brandished above the head." 284. Alluring coloration. — A few animals show what are called alluring colors — that is, they... | |
 | Maynard Mayo Metcalf - 1904 - Страниц: 410
...touched on the other side or on the back it instantly turns its face in the appropriate direction. " The effect is also greatly strengthened by two pink...body is at the same time curved forward over the back (generally much further than in the figure), so that the pink filaments are brandished above the head."... | |
 | Francis Rolt-Wheeler - 1909 - Страниц: 318
...face, which is probably alarming to the vertebrate enemies of the caterpillar. . . . The effect is greatly strengthened by two pink whips which are swiftly...the pink filaments are brandished above the head." Fig. 46 — DEFENSIVE MIMICRY. Durva of puss moth, showing terrifying attitude when disturbed. Some... | |
 | George John Romanes - 1910 - Страниц: 500
...instantly turns its face in the appropriate direction. The effect is also greatly strengthened by two p.'nk whips which are swiftly protruded from the prongs of the fork in which the body terminates. The prongs represent the last pair of larval legs which have been greatly modified from their ordinary... | |
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