Sentence examples for conspicuous colour from inspiring English sources

Many deer and antelopes, for example, have rather complex ritualized visual displays employing such movements as strutting and arching of the heads, as well as conspicuous colour patterns.

Although they are usually brown or gray, males undergo a conspicuous colour change during mating season, turning bright red, blue, and shades of yellow; in some species females are known to court males.

Finally, insects without nauseous qualities may gain protection by mimicry, that is, by developing a conspicuous colour pattern similar to that found in distasteful species (see also coloration; mimicry).

"Amphibians with bright, conspicuous colour patterns are more likely to radiate out into lots of different species... and because the colour patterns don't influence their chances of going extinct, the amphibians are free to expand in this way", said Dr Arbuckle in email.

In 1867, Darwin wrote to Wallace about a problem he was having understanding how some caterpillars could have evolved conspicuous colour schemes.

"Now, as the white moth is as conspicuous at dusk as a coloured caterpillar in the daylight", Wallace wrote back to Darwin that it seemed likely that the conspicuous colour scheme served as a warning to predators and thus could have evolved through natural selection.

But what effects do conspicuous colours have on amphibian diversification?

As we know from the iconic poison dart frogs, amphibians also appear to evolve conspicuous colours.

Flowers evolved nectaries, scents, and conspicuous colours as attractants for those insects that could effect cross-pollination.

There are a variety of warning signals, including conspicuous colours or colour patterns, sounds, odours or other traits that are difficult for would-be predators to overlook.

And indeed, it appears that chemically defended amphibians that later develop conspicuous colours may enjoy some benefits on an evolutionary timescale.