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webewitch Canary islands, Spain Sep 20, 2015

I took these two photos of an 'empty' insect in Greece in the early 70s.
Has the exoskeleton been cast? If so, how did it extricate itself?
Or could it have died in situ and decomposed?

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webewitch Canary islands, Spain Sep 20, 2015

Sorry i'm having problems uploading photos from my phone. I've switched to a computer.
Here are the photos.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Sep 20, 2015

This is the shed exoskeleton of a cicada nymph - http://www.earthlife.net/insects/cicadidae.html

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webewitch Canary islands, Spain Sep 20, 2015

Thank you. Much appreciated.

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