Which insect has Orthoptera and Simple metamorphosis?

Which insect has Orthoptera and Simple metamorphosis?

• A. Ground Beetle
• B. House Cricket
• C. Indian Meal Moth
• D. Hog Louse

Answer: (B)

House crickets are in the order Orthoptera, which includes crickets, grasshoppers, and katydids. In this group, development is incomplete metamorphosis: eggs hatch into nymphs that look like small adults and shed their skin as they grow, with no pupal stage. That combination—Orthoptera plus simple metamorphosis—fits the house cricket perfectly. Ground beetles are in Coleoptera and undergo complete metamorphosis (egg, larva, pupa, adult). Indian Meal Moths are in Lepidoptera and also have complete metamorphosis. Hog louse belongs to Phthiraptera and has simple metamorphosis but is not in Orthoptera.

House crickets are in the order Orthoptera, which includes crickets, grasshoppers, and katydids. In this group, development is incomplete metamorphosis: eggs hatch into nymphs that look like small adults and shed their skin as they grow, with no pupal stage. That combination—Orthoptera plus simple metamorphosis—fits the house cricket perfectly.

Ground beetles are in Coleoptera and undergo complete metamorphosis (egg, larva, pupa, adult). Indian Meal Moths are in Lepidoptera and also have complete metamorphosis. Hog louse belongs to Phthiraptera and has simple metamorphosis but is not in Orthoptera.