1.4K views · 63 reactions | Caught in the act! One of our carpet pythons in the process of ecdysis - shedding the old skin  | The National Reptile Zoo | Facebook

SHEDDING YOUR SUIT OF ARMOR (ECDYSIS) Many invertebrate species such as insects, spiders and crustaceans must undergo a shedding of their exoskeleton (hard body armor). Technically known as ecdysis, this shedding allows these animals’ bodies to expand as they grow. The animal’s back cracks open and a soft vulnerable animal wriggles out of the old suit of armor. In many species, the new cuticle is pale, even ghostly white as in the case of the cockroaches in this video. The new body may take hour

178K views · 335 reactions | Moulting Of Skin In Insects & Invertebrates. | Aimal | Facebook

1.8K views · 42 reactions | A video of an unarmed stick insect undergoing ecdysis. This is a natural process found mostly among reptiles, insects and other arthropods which is the shedding away of old exoskeleton of these organisms usually starting from the head or thorax⭐️⭐️⭐️ | 퐕퐨퐢퐜퐞 퐨퐟 퐊퐧퐮퐬퐭 | Facebook