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... bird's beak . Of the 50 Catocala specimens released to the birds , 27 were successfully attacked and eaten , while 23 were attacked , but escaped and were recov- ered for later analysis of their beak - damage patterns . The birds became ...
... bird's beak . Of the 50 Catocala specimens released to the birds , 27 were successfully attacked and eaten , while 23 were attacked , but escaped and were recov- ered for later analysis of their beak - damage patterns . The birds became ...
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... bird , resulting in a tearing of the wings around the region of beak contact ( Type II damage ) , and ( 2 ) a release of the moth after being tightly gripped by a bird , resulting in a clear beak - imprint along some of the lines of ...
... bird , resulting in a tearing of the wings around the region of beak contact ( Type II damage ) , and ( 2 ) a release of the moth after being tightly gripped by a bird , resulting in a clear beak - imprint along some of the lines of ...
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... birds - birds , beautiful but certainly not brilliant , and consummate conservatives , especially in matters of diet . Diversity would seem the perfect bane of birds ! For as far as a bird is concerned , if an item is not tried and true ...
... birds - birds , beautiful but certainly not brilliant , and consummate conservatives , especially in matters of diet . Diversity would seem the perfect bane of birds ! For as far as a bird is concerned , if an item is not tried and true ...
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abundance amatrix amica andromedae antinympha apex apostatic selection August bait basal dash beak-damage behavior birds blackish shadings blandula briseis cara Carya Catocala Catocala species cerogama coccinata collectors concumbens connubialis costa crataegi crypsis cryptic dejecta Description Entomol epione female flebilis Florida and west forewing Franklin Franklin Co gracilis gray Grote grynea habilis head-down on tree Hessel Hickories Carya hindwing holotype HW black HW yellow-orange ilia individuals inner black band inner margin July lacrymosa Larval foodplants Lepidoptera Lepidopterist Leverett light-trap males Massachusetts mating melanic melanic form micronympha Moth rests head-down neogama noctuid North Carolina Nova Scotia outer margin palaeogama pheromone phrynia pm line PMNH predators Range rare Reared relicta reniform retecta Robinson trap searching image Season Similar species sordida Southern Canada Ontario Southern New England specimens st lines Status Strecker T. D. Sargent TDS tree trunks ulalume ultronia Underside UNDERWING Plate unijuga usually West Hatfield west throughout area whitish