Background matching and disruptive coloration are defense mechanisms of animals against
visual predators. Disruptive coloration tends to evolve in microhabitats that are visually …

Cryptic coloration is an adaptative defensive mechanism against predators. Color patterns
can become cryptic through background coloration‐matching and disruptive coloration …

Cryptic coloration is an adaptative defensive mechanism against predators. Colour patterns
appear cryptic through general background coloration matching or disruptive coloration …

Cryptic colouration is an adaptative mechanism against predators. Colour patterns can
become cryptic through background matching and disruptive colouration, which breaks up …

Many insects, including several orthopterans, undergo dramatic changes in body coloration
during ontogeny. This variation is particularly intriguing in gomphocerine grasshoppers …

Homochromy (ie that individuals have a similar color as their environment) is frequent in
grasshoppers, and probably functions to reduce detection by potential predators. Nymphs of …

Orthopteran insects are characterized by high variability in body coloration, in particular
featuring a widespread green-brown color polymorphism. The mechanisms that contribute to …

In color polymorphic insects, individuals may track available habitats and select those that
better match their color phenotype. This so-called habitat choice mechanism can balance …

Color polymorphisms in animals may result from genetic polymorphisms, developmental
plasticity, or a combination where some phenotypic components are under strong genetic …

Cryptic colouration can be adjusted to the local environment by physiological (rapid)
change, and/or by morphological (slow) change. The threat-sensitivity hypothesis predicts …