McIver beetles come in three colors: black, white, and brown. They are consumed by the Foust finch. To avoid predators, the beetles hide on the bark of trees in their environments.

If the number of trees with black bark was significantly greater than the number of trees with white or brown bark, what would be the effect on the predation of McIver beetles by the Foust finches?

a.far fewer black beetles would be consumed
b. far more black beetles would be consumed
c. there should be no change in predation patterns

Since there are more trees with black bark, black beetles have a better chance of hiding. The white and brown beetles would be consumed more by the predators.

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Oseni Oseni · Answer 2 · 2021-10-07T15:27:05+02:00

If the number of trees with black bark is significantly higher than those with white or brown barks, far fewer black beetles would be consumed.

With the availability of black, white, and brown-bark trees in the environment, black, white, and brown McIver beetles would be able to use the trees to camouflage or hide from their predator respectively.

Camouflage is a kind of visual mimicry in which a combination of materials such as color or light is used to conceal the identity of an object. Thus, black beetles can camouflage with black-barked trees, white beetles with white-barked trees, and so on.

Now, if there are significantly more black bark trees as compared to white and brown in an environment with black, white, and brown beetles, it means that more black beetles would be able to escape predation by camouflaging.

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