Just after this final molt, the teneral adults are white, but darken within an hour.

They can adjust their color over each molt, if necessary, until they reach their final molt to adulthood.

Adult females are orange for at least a week after the final molt, and become black a few weeks later.

While males only live up to a year after their final molt, females may live for a further ten years.

For example, he noticed that the wings of dragonflies and mayflies exist prior to their final molt.

Mating takes place as soon as she has her final molt.

When a naiad is ready for its final molt, it finds a stick or other object sticking out of the water.

This form molts a second time into slightly larger nymphs, before a final molt into adult mites.

T. atrica molts seven or eight times before reaching the immature adult state, and after a final molt reaches maturity.