Watch a Dragonfly Nymph Shed its Skin
Sunday, 12 October 2014
Although the final transformation in to a dragonfly is perhaps the most spectacular, a nymph will have moulted 12-15 times before it emerges from the water.
Andy Holt captured on of these moults – and it is an incredibly absorbing process to watch. Note particularly the wing buds splitting and raising at the outset of the moult. This is not something you see every day!