A conehead katydid which has just shed its old exoskeleton in order to grow it is now suspended beneath it air drying and hardening.

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Size: 6479px × 4324px
Location: Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru
Photo credit: © Anton Sorokin / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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