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Exoskeleton of dragonfly nymph on aquatic plant leaf. When a dragonfly nymph is ready to metamorphose into an adult it leaves the water, climbs up a some plant and molts. The exoskeleton remains firmly attached to the plant.

The hard empty case, or skin, is left behind when a nymph moults - the end of the aquatic larval stage - and emerges as a dragonfly

Skin of dragonfly nymph after a parasitic infection that killed it

Dragonfly nymph pupa shell on a grass. Close up

Insect exuviae remains of an exoskeleton of an insect. Life cycle in a natural ecosystem

Insect moult shedding in a green grass leaving a pond

Metamorphosis of dragonfly, empty larval skin on a blade grass, hatching and molting in spring, pupated insect

Spiny Baskettail dragonfly (Epitheca spinigera), emerging from the nymph life stage to the adult stage, in process free from nymphal shuck and wings not yet expanded, macro close-up.

A series of 5 pictures out of the dragonfly larva skin.

Skin shell of sing cicada on tree trunk.

Dragonfly emerging from the larva state, with folded wings.

Dragonfly larvae, dragonfly shell, insect exoskeleton

Larval dragonfly grey shell. Nymphal exuvia of Gomphus vulgatissimus. White filaments hanging out of exuvia are linings of tracheae. Exuviae, dried outer casing on blade of grass

The transition from a larva to a dragonfly

Dragonfly hatches from dragonfly larva on a reed stalk pond water in the background

Background of insects (entomology) in laboratory.

A mating pair of Hairy Dragonfly, Brachytron pratense, perching on a Stinging Nettle plant growing at the edge of a lake.

$Tot 50-55mm, Ab, 37-42mm, Hw 30-35mm.\nIdentification:\nThe characters of this clubtail are rather different . It prefers very large (lowland) rivers and may easily be overlooked. Populations can best be found by searching for exuviae on river banks.\nOccurrence:\nA north Asian species, with western outposts in large rivers such as the Rhine, Loire and Po. Common in large lowland rivers in eastern Europe, but staged a strong comeback in Western Europe in the 1990s. Now abundant in rivers such as the Rhine, Elbe and Danube, right down to their estuaries.\nHabitat:\nSlow flowing lower sections of large rivers with sandy beds. Larvae burrow shallowly in fine substrates with relatively high concentrations of organic matter.\nFlight Season:\nLate and protracted, compared with other Gomphus species, from early June to early October, with maximum emergence in June and July.\n\nThis is a scarce Gomphus Species along the large Dutch Rivers. This Picture is made along the River Waal, near “Slot Loevestein” in the Province of Gelderland.$

A pair of dragonflies sitting on the grass.

The empty cover of a larva of a dragonfly sitting on a leaf of a plant.

close up of dragonfly pupa shell on the green leaf, take photos in the wild natural state, can serve as a specimen entomological research, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, China.

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