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A Katydid is molting in the rainforest of Daintree, North-Queensland Australia. The "newborn" insect has not yet hardned and is white and soft to touch, while the old exoskeleton remains behind on the branch. After a few hours the new and bigger individual will change to brown colour and hardened.

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Copyright: Bioquatic Photo - Alf Jacob Nilsen
Image Size: 2723x4096 / 2.4MB; www.biophoto.net; insects invertebrats katydid australia rainforest molting molt arthropoda orthoptera enisifera tettigoniidae daintree moulting reproduction growing insect invertebrates nature wildlife moult larvae vertical skallskifte insekt insekter insecta Australia2004 metamorphosis incomplete metamorfose
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A Katydid is molting in the rainforest of Daintree, North-Queensland Australia. The "newborn" insect has not yet hardned and is white and soft to touch, while the old exoskeleton remains behind on the branch. After a few hours the new and bigger individual will change to brown colour and hardened.