Question

The organism displays a yellow and black banding pattern that is referred to as cryptic coloration. The banding pattern serves as a warning to predators to keep away. Scientists think that the development of warning coloration in insects is the result of A) parasitism. Reactivate B) succession. C) natural selection. D) selective breeding.

Answer 1

This is a form of natural selection. The bands have given the organism a comparative advantage over the species that did not have the banding, which were likely predated by larger organisms. The banded organisms survived and propagated their genetics onto more generations, which contained the banding at a higher percentage still than previous generations.