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← Nature & AnimalsWhich consequence results insects reaching a critical larval weight?
A)Ecdysone production increases✓
B)Diapause is prematurely initiated
C)Juvenile hormone synthesis ceases
D)Metamorphosis fully arrests
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Ecdysone release triggers molting because reaching critical weight enables the prothoracic gland to synthesize more ecdysone. This initiates a cascade toward pupation and metamorphosis, therefore ecdysone increase, rather than diapuase, occur, because synthesis stops late into pupae stage.
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