Adult female immediately after molting, Alachua County, Florida.
The cast exoskeleton of the last instar juvenile hangs to the left and will soon be eaten by the female.
If a newly molted katydid cannot hang free while its hind legs harden (as in a cage
without a perch to hang from), its hind tibiae will be curled rather than straight.
Photograph by Lyle Buss, University of Florida.