The population of an insect species shows an explosive increase in numbers during rainy season followed by its disappearance at the end of the season. What does this show ?

Options

A. S-shpaed or sigmoid growth of this insect
B. The food plants mature and die at the end of the rainy season
C. Its population growth curve is of J-type
D. The population of its predators increases enormously

Answer

C

Explanation

Its population growth curve is J-shaped in which density increases rapidly in exponential fashion and then stops abruptly as environmental resistance or another limiting factor becomes effective more or less suddenly.