Moulting
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In biology, moulting, or molting, also known as sloughing, shedding, or in many invertebrates, ecdysis, is a process by which an animal casts off parts of its body to serve some beneficial purpose, ei
A dragonfly in its radical final moult, metamorphosing from an aquatic nymph to a winged adult.
A juvenile king penguin moulting out its brown chick down and growing its first dark grey and white adult feathers
A young Mediterranean House Gecko in the process of moulting.
The moulting phase of a southern hawker
Arthropod
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Arthropods are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda. They possess an exoskeleton with a cuticle made of chitin, often mineralised with calcium carbonate, a body with differentiated segments, and pai
Moulting
…skin), pelage (hair, feathers, fur, wool), or other external layer. In some groups, other body parts may be shed, for example, the entire exoskeleton in arthropods, including the wings in some insects. In birds, moulting is the periodic replacement of feathers by shedding old feathers while producing new ones…
Protaetia cuprea (copper chafer). Beetles are the most diverse order of arthropods.
A cicada climbing out of its exuvia while attached to tree
Long bristles (setae) of a Tliltocatl albopilosus tarantula
Head of a wasp with three ocelli (centre), and compound eyes at the left and right