Lemon+Peppered+Moths

Question- How does a change in forest color affect the population of lemon peppered moths? Hypothesis: If there is a light color forest than the dark population will decrease because the moths have black spots so they are more visible in the light forest and will not be able to camouflage. IV: Forest color DV: Population Claim- The process of this experiment, is called Natural Selection, which means one of the basic mechanisms of evolution, along with mutation, migration, and genetic drift. The population of Dark colored moths in a light color forest decreased. The population percent age of dark colored moths (53%) to to the light moths (46%) is smaller. The more advantageous trait, the dark moths and it allow the moths to have more off springs, because it will be more common in the population. If this setting goes on forever, the population for dark moths will increase day by day.This is natural selection taking place. You see, the dark moths didn't have the advantageous trait in the light forest because the predator can easily see the dark moths and prey on them as opposed to the light moths. The predator can more easily spot the light moths because they don't camouflage with the dark forest. Because the predator is now preying on the moths that don't camouflage, the moths with that color will not have a big life span and can not reproduce to their full capacity making it so their genes aren't passed down to a lot of the moths in the new generation. In the new generation there will be more moths with the advantageous trait because the moths that survived passed down their traits and those traits helped them camouflage with the trees in their habitat. And that is how forest color can affect the population of the lemon-peppered moths. media type="custom" key="12095001"media type="custom" key="12095005"