DescriptionThayer Concealing-Coloration Plate XII - Luna Caterpillar a) in position b) inverted.jpg
English: Detail of Plate XII, Luna Caterpillar (Actias luna) a) in position b) inverted, from Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, 1909, painted by Abbott Handerson Thayer.
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own scan of Thayer, Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, Macmillan, 1909
A. Luna Caterpillar among leaves, in the normal position relative to the light, 'obliterated.'
B. Luna Caterpillar among leaves, but inverted, so that the light strikes its light back instead of its dark belly, thus making it conspicuous. (Thayer)
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