Question

Cicada Killer wasps capture and paralyze cicadas by stinging them, and then fly with their cicada to their burrow. They drag the paralyzed cicada into their burrows and then they lay an egg on it. Once the Cicada Killer larva hatches, it uses the still-living cicada as a food source while it develops. A biologist wants to determine whether there is a fitness advantage to specializing on cicadas alone rather than capturing cicadas and in addition other large insects as prey. This is a question about ___________________ Group of answer choices Adaptive function Mechanism/Causation Evolutionary history Ontogeny/Development

Answer 1

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Adaptive function in that thing biologist wants to find out whether there there is an advantage to cicada killed wasps adapting and feeding specifically on just feeding on cicadas alone or is there a great advantage to feeding on both the cicadas and also on larger preys like insect.