Which growth outcome occurs when larval feeding exceeds thresholds in holometabolous insects?

A)Larger imaginal discs form rapidly✓

B)Molt timing becomes permanently delayed

C)Specific hormones synthesis significantly increases

D)Pupa forms with smaller wing buds

💡 Explanation

Larval feeding triggers larger imaginal discs through increased cellular mitosis, because surplus nutrition availability enhances tissue growth during metamorphosis stages; therefore bigger adult structures, rather than smaller ones will develop, because delayed molting requires different nutritional constraint conditions.

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Which growth outcome occurs when larval feeding exceeds thresholds in holometabolous insects?

💡 Explanation

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