Soapberry bugs are small relative to their host plants, and the bugs vary in their abilities to disperse. Although they have wings, many soapberry bugs have developed flight muscles and walk more often than they fly. In davis, where both balloon vines and golden rain trees are grown, would a dispersing bug likely have higher fitness than one with less developed flight muscles? Explain your answer.

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Sasha Petersen

Biology

2 July, 20:53

Soapberry bugs are small relative to their host plants, and the bugs vary in their abilities to disperse. Although they have wings, many soapberry bugs have developed flight muscles and walk more often than they fly. In davis, where both balloon vines and golden rain trees are grown, would a dispersing bug likely have higher fitness than one with less developed flight muscles? Explain your answer.

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Carleigh Hammond · Answer 1

The right answer to this question is Yes

Explanation:

These new bugs can still get resources, and these resources will maintain them alive, when the old ones will not survive because they are depleted. And with that, we can be sure that, the ones with less development won't get the resource they need to survive. And after that, when they die, the dispersing bug will be more common in this place because of the Natural Selection.