• In biology, exuviae are the remains of an exoskeleton and related structures that are left after ecdysozoans (including insects, crustaceans and arachnids)...
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    Ecdysis: a dragonfly has emerged from its dry exuviae and is expanding its wings. Like other arthropods, its body is divided into segments....
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    covering is formed. The remnants of the old, empty exoskeleton are called exuviae. After moulting, an arthropod is described as teneral, a callow; it is...
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    at Joggins, Nova Scotia. In 2021 a fossil, probably a shed exoskeleton (exuviae) of an Arthropleura, was reported with an estimated width of 55 centimetres...
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    by undergoing ecdysis (moulting), or shedding the old exoskeleton, the exuviae, after growing a new one that is not yet hardened. Moulting cycles run...
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    Calamistrum Cephalothorax Chelicerae Cheliceral fang Cribellum Epigyne Exuviae Opisthosoma Pedipalp Palpal bulb Scopulae Silk Spinneret Urticating hair...
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    skins) on a nearby plant for the last time, and emerge as adults. The exuviae or abandoned exoskeletons remain, still clinging to the bark of the tree...
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    Discarded exoskeleton (exuviae) of dragonfly nymph...
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    Insect exoskeleton (comprising sclerotin): abandoned exuviae of a dragonfly...
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    ready to emerge, the adult splits its skin dorsally and climbs out of the exuviae and breaks out of the cell. Nest of common carder bumblebee, wax canopy...
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