SPIDER MOLTING

Martina Staviaov

CONTENT:

Spiders in the System of Organisms

The Exoskeleton

The Mechanics of Molting

Source: http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/2010/ragland_evan/ant_lion_classification.html

ARACHNIDS

Source: http://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/Spiders/spidhome.htm

The Exoskeleton

layers of cuticle, a composite material

containing variousproteins and chitin

extremely strong

but, it can't grow

The Exoskeleton

barrier against desiccation

protection from mechanical injury

shape

frame to which muscles are attached

The Exoskeleton

barrier against desiccation

protection from mechanical injury

shape

frame to which muscles are attached

So, how to grow?

Molting/Moulting

Source: http://www.thephotoforum.com/threads/tarantula-molting-sequence-shedding-skin.53285/

Source: http://www.thephotoforum.com/threads/tarantula-molting-sequence-shedding-skin.53285/

Source: http://www.thephotoforum.com/threads/tarantula-molting-sequence-shedding-skin.53285/

Source: http://www.thephotoforum.com/threads/tarantula-molting-sequence-shedding-skin.53285/

Source: http://www.thephotoforum.com/threads/tarantula-molting-sequence-shedding-skin.53285/

Source: http://arachnoboards.com/gallery/grammostola-pulchripes-molt.16412/

SOURCES:

John Ewer: How the Ecdysozoan Changed Its Coat.

Available from:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1250302/

Tom Harris: How Spiders Work.

Available from:
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/arachnids/spider2.htm

THE END.
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