An isolated population of great purple hairstreaks, a species of butterfly, lives in a damp meadow. The larvae feed only on a species of mountain clover plant that lives in the meadow. The adult does not fly far from the clover plants as well. One rainy
summer, a fungus causes most of the clover plants to die.
As a result of the absence of clover, the hairstreak population in this location will MOST LIKELY
es )
A)
increase and flourish.
B)
switch to a different type of food.
decrease to a level near extinction.
D)
evolve immediately into a new species of butterfly.