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are also found on mescphytic vegetation and are also more or 

 less efficient as protection. Many plants are protected by 

 bitter, acrid, poisonous or otherwise disagreeable juices which 

 protect them from the attacks of many, if not all, animals. 

 When we consider how devastating the attacks of insects 



Fig. 264. — Protective resemblance of the moth, Catocala lacrymosa, to the 

 bark on which it rests. A, With wings spread, as in flight; B, with wings folded 

 and at rest on bark. (From Folsom.) 



sometimes become to given species of plants we may realize 

 how useful such protective contrivances may be. 



860. Animal Coloration. — If the color of animals has no 

 general significance it does have an extremely far-reaching 



