0 past simple and past participle of moult
1 (of a bird or animal) to lose feathers, skin, or hair as a natural process at a particular time of year so that new feathers, skin, or hair can grow
Larval performance was studied by following larvae enclosed in cages from newly moulted second instars to third instars in the field.
In 1997 and 1998, 6 and 12 newly moulted fourth instar larvae respectively were ascribed to a specific temperature and type of leaf.
To determine the actual fertility, for several seasons newly moulted males and females were kept until their death in outside wire cages.
Relationships between these aspects of size in the moulted adult ticks and their weights as engorged nymphs were then investigated.
The second stadium lasted for 2-3 days, after which they moulted (9 days post-oviposition).
The sclerites vary greatly in size, however, suggesting poor sorting and that the fauna represents an autochthonous fossil assemblage of moulted exuviae.
The newly moulted individuals were recognized by their size and the presence of exuviae.
The larvae in the fish moulted to fourth-stage larvae.
