File:Thayer Concealing-Coloration Plate XII - Luna Caterpillar a) in position b) inverted.jpg

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Description	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.
Date	1909
Source	own scan of Thayer, Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, Macmillan, 1909
Author	Abbott Handerson Thayer

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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