322 FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY 



Although the general tendency in nature is for sympathetic 

 coloration indeed, it is frequently possible to infer from 



FIG. 172. A Walking-stick Insect, Fia. 173. Larva of a Geometrid Moth 



Diapheromera femorata, on a twig. resting extended from a twig. (From Jordan 

 (From Jordan and Kellogg.) and Kellogg.) 



the color of an animal its habitat there are numerous cases 

 in which the colors and color schemes seem to be in striking 



