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What is the number of spiracles found in cockroaches?


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Spiracles:

  1. The orifice in the exoskeletons of insects and some spiders that allows air to enter the trachea is called a spiracle or stigma.
  2. The tracheal tubes in insects' respiratory systems are responsible for delivering oxygen directly into the creatures' tissues.
  3. The stigmata or spiracles are slit-like holes in the tracheal or respiratory system of cockroaches that open to the outside.
  4. There are two thoracic spiracles and eight abdomen spiracles in a cockroach.
  5. Cockroaches have ten pairs of spiracles in total.

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