The study of the physiology of ecdysis in its simpler forms has unfortunately been somewhat neglected, investigators having directed their attention chiefly to the cases that are most striking, such as the transformation of a maggot into a fly, or of a caterpillar into a butterfly.   anvd [Please select]

In captivity the parent snake underwent ecdysis on about July 20 and again on August 26.   anvd [Please select]

, 28 Digestive system, 10, 45-7 _Diplosis pyrivora_, 70 Diptera, 42, 64, 67-79, 81, 86-8, 91, 94, 107 Divergence between larva and imago, 110, 114, 121 Double-brooded Lepidoptera, 95, 100-4 Dragon-flies, 26-31, 107, 110 Drone-flies, 76 Duration of life, 34, 89, 92-3, 95 Dyticus, 51 Ecdysis, 10.   anvd [Please select]

The 'Micrographic Dictionary' states that the Tardigrada lay but few eggs at a time, and these are "usually deposited during the ecdysis, the exuviæ serving as a protection to them during the process of hatching."   anvd [Please select]