The diagram given below shows peppered moth in the lichen tree. What is the picture indicating?

During post-industrialisation period, the tree trunks became dark due to industrial smoke and soot. The image shows the light coloured moths. They were abundant at Manchester city in England, the Industrial city, before the Industrial revolution. They have the ability to camouflage.

The diagram given below shows peppered moth in the lichen tree. Who were the enemies of these moths?

Before the Industrial revolution, when there was no soot in the environment, lichen were not blackened, so light coloured moth could be camouflaged from the predator birds. The enemies of these moths were owl, bat, etc. Black colour moths were the prey for these birds.

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