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A newly emerged cicada hangs upside down from its brown exoskeleton on a branch, with its soft, pale green body still unfolding during the final molting stage. Insect body wall showing parts of the exoskeleton
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Cicada molting
A cicada (Cicadetta pellosoma) shedding its exoskeleton as it undergoes...
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Insect body wall showing parts of the exoskeleton
Cross section of the integument, or body wall, of insects, which are arthropods....
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