A dragonfly shedding its old body as it undergoes transformation.

That was the freakiest, creepiest, yet strangely coolest things I’ve ever seen I am not sure how to process this

A dragonfly is first an egg and a nymph (larva), then undergoes many molts underwater as a voracious predator, eventually climbing out to shed its final skin in a dramatic final molt (ecdysis) to emerge as an adult, a process of incomplete metamorphosis. It can take 5 years underwater. Eggs hatch into aquatic nymphs that live underwater. These nymphs are fierce hunters, eating other aquatic insects, tadpoles, and even small fish. They grow by shedding their skin (exoskeleton) multiple times; some species molt up to 14 times. This nymph stage can last from a few months to several years, depending on the species.

As a resident of Louisiana, where mosquitoes are The State Bird, i appreciate Skeeter Hawks!

We will get new bodies too! For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands. 2 Corinthians 5

Wow, and a beauty emerges…

Okay, dragonflies have always creeped me out, but this makes it 10 times worse.

@DevilMomentum I'm trying to eat my lunch!!!

@Dumi29588469 😲

Does become young or it takes from the age it was?

Cell

I shit shit, this motherfucker shits wings.

A truly beautiful transformation to watch

@grok what is this process called?

@MarriannaBey Wow I cannot find this

Magic!

I didn't know that about dragonflies

very cool thank you

Gods work in creation. Amazing indeed.

It is creepy and revelatory.

you also have to imagine the evil villain laugh when it emerges. mwuaahahahahahahaahaaaaaa

First half looks like shit on sticks 🤣

@MarriannaBey @JungleJackHanna

This is some cool biology

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