Sunday, March 30, 2025

Sprung Out This Spring!

Soon, he won't need all his heavy layers!





 






Not just yet, but by Memorial Day in Ohio, his ecdysis* will have him down to his summer underwear: boxer shorts and athletic undershirt!


Ecdysis comes from the Greek word ekdusis, which means “put off.” It describes the process by which arthropods and insects shed their outer cuticle (exoskeleton), or how reptiles shed their old skin. The term for the cuticle or skin that is lost is exuviae.

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  1. Right you are Chris. Still buttoned up for the next little while anyway. Here in NE Ohio we can have temperatures in the high 70’s one day and 40’s the next especially this time of year…….Buckeye Mike

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