 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 - Página 216por David Starr Jordan, Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Harold Heath - 1905Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | George John Romanes - 1892 - 510 páginas
...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 - 504 páginas
...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 - 264 páginas
...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 - 528 páginas
...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 - 480 páginas
...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 - 482 páginas
...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 - 410 páginas
...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 - 318 páginas
...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 - 500 páginas
...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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