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Early evolution and ecology of camouflage in insects

Taxa within diverse lineages select and transport exogenous materials for the purposes of camouflage. This adaptive behavior also occurs in insects, most famously in green lacewing larvae who nestle the trash among setigerous cuticular processes, known as trash-carrying, rendering them nearly undete...

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Main Authors: Pérez-de la Fuente, Ricardo, Delclòs, Xavier, Peñalver, Enrique, Speranza, Mariela, Wierzchos, Jacek, Ascaso, Carmen, Engel, Michael S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3535654/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23236135
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1213775110
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