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Reasons for the dominance of insects over other animals
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BENEFICIAL AND HARMFUL EFFECTS OF INSECTS
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Salivary glands:

  • These are a pair of glands involved in the secretion of salivary juices.
  • These glands open at the base of the hypopharynx through small salivary ducts.
  • The secretion of the glands contain the enzymes such as amylases, lipases, proteases, but never cellulase.
  • In case of silkworm or lepidopteran larvae, the salivary glands produce silk which contains two proteins fibroin and sericin and anti-coagulants in blood suckers like mosquitoes.
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