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Biology

Asexual Reproduction

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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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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.

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.