If, however, it's Ed McMahon waiting to tell me I've just won the publishers clearinghouse sweepstakes, I'd answer the door in a nanosecond. This week on the program . Wait . . The color of some animals depends on the season, or a stage of development. Some moths hatch as brown caterpillars, so they can feed off brown autumn leaves and hibernate on tree branches without being seen.
Some moths can even change their color based on changes in the environment caused by humans.
The peppered moth got its name because it has bright wings with dark spots. It could hang out on birch trees and keep a pretty low profile. This dark-winged species thrived because it was more difficult for predators to recognize than its paler counterpart. If you said a zebra in a union suit, you . . . . But you also have good instincts for camouflage.