Peppered moth's Weekly Blog

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Summary:

A peppered moth is a moth that can be all black or is can be with with spots of black. The multi colored moths like on tree’s with light bark like birch tree’s and there is a thing called lichen (a fungus that can grow on trees) that the moth’s also blend well into. The black moth’s will usually live in a darker area and this is something that can help them to camouflage better than with the light tree’s. The moth’s are all nocturnal which also helps them to avoid predators that may hunt during the day. Flying around in the night also makes it so that it is harder for predators to spot them and makes sure that they can survive better. Their predators are birds like flycatchers, European robin, nuthatches, etc.

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To help illustrate the peppered moth’s example we played a game where the player would act as a bird and you would try to eat as many peppered moth’s as you can in a minute. You could chose if you wanted to play in a dark or light forest and there would be 50% dark moths and 50% light. Depending on which one you choose it will be easier to see the moth’s that stand out rather than the moths that blend in with the environment. In the end you would see which of the two there were more of and it would tell you why. This was something that was interesting to play and to see what it would be like in a bird's view to have to catch the moths.