Ectothermic insects have respiration rates that are proportional to the temperature of their surroundings How do insects in the a) tropics, b) cold regions of the world and c) desert cope with the climatic condition?

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Ectothermic insects have respiration rates that are proportional to the temperature of their surroundings

How do insects in the

a) tropics,

b) cold regions of the world and

c) desert cope with the climatic condition?

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