NEET2013ZoologyStructural Organisation in AnimalsActual
What external changes are visible after the last moult of a cockroach nymph?
Options
- AMandibles become harder
- BAnal cerci develop
- CBoth fore wings and hind wings develop
- DLabium develops
Correct answer
C. Both fore wings and hind wings develop
Step-by-step solution
In cockroach, development is pauro metabolous. The nymph grows by moulting about 13 times to reach the adult form. The next to last nymphal stage has wing pads but only adult cockroaches have wings. Anal cerci are a pair of jointed filamentous structures in 10th segment of both sexes. Labium is a lover lip and a pair of mandibles are present in mouthparts of cockroach.