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A is an insect which breeds in ponds of stagnant water. The egg of this insect produces a worm like form B which is entirely different in appearance from the adult insect. The form B undergoes a change C and gets converted into insect A. The female of insect A is a carrier of protozoan D which spreads a disease in humans.
(b) Name another insect which also undergoes change C.

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Butterfly

The process of transformation from an immature form of an animal like 'larva' to its 'adult form' in two or more distinct stages, is called metamorphosis.

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