Janet Brien's photos with the keyword: skin

This is Rocoe's moulted exoskeleton! Isn't this fascinating?!!

This morning I took a peek at my darling little spider friend who lives on our porch and noticed that during the night she'd shed her skin! (There is a picture in a note above) This molting is actually called "ecdysis", and is something that happens in many invertebrates. Roscoe continues to grow and although I keep called him a male at first, this spider is most definitely a female, as the males of this species are much smaller. She will continue to grow and is probably sending out pheremones with a hopeful mate to appear sometime soon! Let's cross our fingers, I'm very excited about the upcoming egg sac! :D If you would like to know more about spiders molting, Wiki has a good page about this process here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecdysis

I found this Fence Lizard skin hanging in an old tire by some spider webs. I thought it was so usual that I took some pictures. The lizard's nickname is "blue-belly" because of the beautiful turquoise that can be found all along its underside and up to its chin. If you look, you can see some of that blue on the chin and neck portion of the skin! Dario Argento (born September 7, 1940) is an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his work in the horror film genre, particularly in the subgenre known as giallo, and for his influence on modern horror movies. Wikipedia: Dario Argento * I took the liberty of changing "horror" to "corruption" to fit this quote to the current state of Flickr.