Jeremy Squire, Macro Photography
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Katydid moulting
Always fun to watch, this katydid has grown too large for her old skin and is moulting. She will hang there for a couple of hours before her color changes from cream to green. She may nibble on her moult. She is soft, unable to fly since her wings are not yet fully inflated, and vulnerable to predation at this point. The process is known as Ecdysis.