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... predators . Again , evidence suggests that moth predators , birds in particular , have evolved some highly efficient strategies with which to counter sophisticated cryptic defenses . One such strategy is known as the formation of ...
... predators . Again , evidence suggests that moth predators , birds in particular , have evolved some highly efficient strategies with which to counter sophisticated cryptic defenses . One such strategy is known as the formation of ...
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... predators entails a vulnerability to diversity , and cryptic species are often highly variable or polymorphic with respect to their appearance and behavior . Polymorphism is defined as the common occurrence of two or more distinctly ...
... predators entails a vulnerability to diversity , and cryptic species are often highly variable or polymorphic with respect to their appearance and behavior . Polymorphism is defined as the common occurrence of two or more distinctly ...
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... predator must contend , the more likely is it that any one of them will be unpredicted , unexpected , or unfamiliar . This tendency of predators to promote diversity in their prey has been described as apostatic selection ( Clarke ...
... predator must contend , the more likely is it that any one of them will be unpredicted , unexpected , or unfamiliar . This tendency of predators to promote diversity in their prey has been described as apostatic selection ( Clarke ...
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A Fertile Theme | 15 |
The Lure of Sugar | 83 |
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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