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Agriculture · Q473

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 473

Q473

Cement layer is absent in which insect?

A.
Housefly
B.
Honeybees
Answer
C.
Grass hopper
D.
Butter fly

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Cement layer is absent in Honeybees insects.
Epicuticle is the outermost layer that is usually thin and has a cement-like chitin-lacking structure.
In many insects a cement layer covers the wax and protects it from abrasion. In many insects, certain epidermal cells are specialized as exocrine glands.
It is not present in honeybees.