NEET Biology Animal Kingdom Question Bank Phylum Arthropoda

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    Housefly feeds on sugar by [RPMT 1985; CPMT 1990]

    A) Crushing its crystals and then sucking the power

    B) Crushing and eating

    C) Sucking

    D) Dissolving in saliva and sucking

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    If food material of housefly is solid, such as a sugar crystal, the fly first pours a little saliva or regurgitates droplets of liquid from its crop to liquefy it and then sucks the liquid which fills the tubular pseudo-trachaeae by capillary action.


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