You call an exterminator to your house because you have noticed many nymphs of a specific insect everywhere in your cupboards. The exterminator proudly tells you that they are using biological concepts to get rid of these pests, and he generously sprays a solution of juvenile hormone all over your house. Assuming there are no breeding adults and only nonreproductive nymphs, which of the following would you expect in the days after the visit from the exterminator?

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The juvenile hormone sprayed by the exterminator will prevent the nymphs from maturing into adults, but it will not immediately kill them. Therefore, the number of nymphs will remain the same in the days after the spraying. However, without any breeding adults, there will be no new nymphs to replace the ones that do eventually die off.

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