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The World of Minibeasts

The Parent Bug: Last Change

 

Hurray! I'll be able to fly from now on... Here a mature larva for the last time changes its outfit: it strips off its larval skin beneath which the new adult skin appears. It is soft and green in this state, but will turn darker and will harden while drying during the next few hours.

The adult animal will then be able to fly and to look for a partner to produce offspring. 


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Photograph by José Verkest, Text by Maria Pfeifer