Thursday, April 21, 2011

Metamorphosis: Grasshopper Molting Process

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I saw there was a grasshopper nymph which is ready to shed its skin or molt in the backyard on one morning. I've seen the grasshopper molting process before, but only this time I can see it from the beginning. This grasshopper is from species Atractomorpha crenulata, the Red base-winged vegetable grasshopper. The whole metamorphosis process took about 1 hour.

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Photos of Red Base-Winged Vegetable Grasshopper (Atractomorpha crenulata) molting process were taken using a camera phone Sony Ericsson K800i in Jonggol, West Java, Indonesia.

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