File:Thayer Concealing-Coloration Plate XII - Sphinx Caterpillar c) in position d) inverted.jpg

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English: Detail of Plate XII, Sphinx Caterpillar (Sphingidae, hawkmoths) c) in position d) inverted, from Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, 1909, painted by Abbott Handerson Thayer
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Source own scan of Thayer, Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, Macmillan, 1909
Author Abbott Handerson Thayer

C. Sphinx Caterpillar in characteristic position, 'obliterated' by its illumination, having the flat aspect, color, and pattern of leaves. D. Sphinx Caterpillar inverted, so that the light strikes its bright back, making it conspicuous. (Thayer)

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