Table 2. Comparison of color distribution among caterpillars fed apple leaves A) on brown artificial branches in a brown tub or green artificial branches in a yellow tub, or B) in white vs. black backgrounds.
Treatment | Color Score | G-statistic | P | ||||
A | B | C | D | ||||
A | Green/yellow | 17 | 51 | 55 | 15 | 214.3 | <0.001 |
Brown/brown | 0 | 6 | 16 | 153 | |||
B | White environment | 16 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 61.26 | <0.001 |
Black environment | 0 | 1 | 2 | 35 |
Scoring for A) was as in Table 1, whereas B) represented shading from pale grey to black.