When the time is right, cicada’s emerge from the ground and crawl to a place where they slip out of their larval “skin” and begin their adult phase. These “exuviae” are the old exoskeletons left behind when arachnids, crustaceans and insects molt.


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2022-06-18
When the time is right, cicada’s emerge from the ground and crawl to a place where they slip out of their larval “skin” and begin their adult phase. These “exuviae” are the old exoskeletons left behind when arachnids, crustaceans and insects molt.
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