Piotr Naskrecki / Scorpion young on the back of their mother, their soft cuticle is not yet reflecting ultraviolet light, Brownsberg Nature Park, Surinam

Mark Moffett / Ecuadorian Brown Velvet Tarantula (Megaphobema velvetosoma) shedding its skin (cuticle), Ecuador

Mark Moffett / Ecuadorian Brown Velvet Tarantula (Megaphobema velvetosoma) shedding its skin (cuticle), Ecuador

Georgette Douwma / Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa). This individual, having just shed its cuticle, is vivid pink, red and purple, resembling a coralline algae encrusted rock. It is one of the most venomous fish curren...

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Tardigrade (Hypsibius dujardini) cuticle containing eggs.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Tardigrade (Hypsibius dujardini) cuticle containing eggs.

Alex Hyde / Human hair viewed under a scanning electron microscope. The oldest part of the hair (furtherst from the scalp) will present with a rougher cuticle (outer layer) as shown here.

Pete Oxford / Katydid (Schedocentrus sp) molting showing emerged insect next to its discarded cuticle, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Chien Lee / Grasshopper (Acrididae) beside its recently shed skin, Nabire, Indonesia

Philippe Clement / Furrow orb weaver spider's web and shed cuticle (Araneus / Larinioides cornutus) in tall grass, La Brenne, France

Piotr Naskrecki / Cricket (Paragryllus sp) eating old cuticle after molting, Costa Rica, sequence 4 of 4

Piotr Naskrecki / Cricket (Paragryllus sp) next to old cuticle after molting, Costa Rica, sequence 3 of 4