5. Based on Figure 1, at 26°C, the nymph stage would most likely last:
Answer and Explanation
Your Answer is
Correct Answer is C
Explanation
At 25°C in Figure 2, 9 per female per day are produced, so 7 days is 7*9=63, choose C
Passage I
The whitefly Bemisia argentifolii is an insect that has 3 distinct life stages: egg, nymph ( juvenile), and adult. A study examined the effects of external temperature on the duration of each of the 3 life stages of B. argentifolii and on egg production by adult female B. argentifolii. Figure 1 shows, for each of 5 external temperatures, the average duration of each life stage. Figure 2 shows, for each of the 5 temperatures, the average number of eggs produced per female per day during the first 7 days of adult life.
