Experimental Studies of the Biological Significance of Non‐Cryptic Pigmentation with Special Reference to Insects.

• Published in: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
• Main Author: Popham, E. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1948
• Subjects: Minnows; The Minnows
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1948.tb00557.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1096-3642.1948.tb00557.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1948.tb00557.x; https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1948.tb00557.x

Summary. (1) Under the experimental conditions employed, nymphs of Aeschna grandis , adults of Dytiscus marginalis , Common Rudd ( Leuciscus erythrophthalmus ), Minnows ( Phoxinus phoxinus ) and the Common Toad ( Bufo bufo bufo ) were able to distinguish between two types of prey, one brown, the oth...