Zebra Stripes Clash with Insect Interest
http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=horseflies-avoid-zebra-stripes-12-02-09

Scientists are studying why biting insects prefer plain colored hide, to zebra stripes, implying that the stripes are and anti-insect adaption. Zebra embryos start off black and then develop their white stripes, do the white stripes confuse the insects? Scientists went to a farm infested with horseflies and found that yes, horseflies are indeed more attracted to plain colored horses than zebras. Why!

I think this awesome! (: