Here you can see a newly emerged 3rd instar with it’s shuck still attached to the leaf beside it.  At this point the new skin is very soft and so I notice that they tend to sit and ‘rest’ or whatever for a while after molting before going on to feed again.

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"Raising Cecropias – Newly Emerged 3rd Instar" was published on July 12th, 2010 and is listed in Cecropias.

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