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Solution

Based on the result of the feeding experiment, we can draw the following conclusions

Discussion: results of various experiments have shown that in course of time cockroaches have evolved to learn how to detect and avoid glucose, used commonly in bait traps. Thus they reject the corn syrup meant to attract them. Glucose sets off bitter receptors in roach taste buds, thus they avoid it. This aversion has a genetic basis which spreads to offspring. (Oleic acid is released by the cockroaches upon their death, which is the cause of the specific odour while hydromethylnon is a respiratory poison that is toxic to cockroaches).