Question

Which of the following type of mouth parts do cockroaches have?

• A. Siphoning type
• B. Piercing and sucking type
• C. Biting and chewing type
• D. Sponging type

Answer 1

The correct option is C Biting and chewing type

1. Siphoning type : This type of mouth parts are adapted for sucking flower nectar and fruit juice, found in butterflies and moths belonging to the order Lepidoptera.

2. Piercing and sucking type : This type of mouth parts are adapted for piercing the tissues of animals and plants to suck blood and plant juice, and found in dipteran insects like mosquitoes and hemipteran insects like bugs, aphids, etc.

3. Biting and chewing type : This type of mouth parts are found in orthopteran insects like cockroaches, grasshoppers, crickets, etc and supposed to be the most primitive type.

4. Sponging type : This type of mouth parts are adapted for sucking up liquid or semiliquid food and found in houseflies and some other flies.

So, the correct option is 'Biting and chewing type'.