colourative

Updated: May 14, 2025

This statement is elaborated and commented upon as making a strong point for colourative protection through inconspicuousness. Personally, I think the nettles did the work, regardless of colour. I have learned to much experience afield that a patch of nettles or thistles afford splendid protection to any form of life that can survive them.

Gene Stratton-Porter - Moths of the Limberlost