| After the female moults the male then comes and courts the female and then deposits a spermatophore. |
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| This species moults gradually beginning in March or April until September or October each year. |
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| Caterpillars have soft bodies that can grow rapidly between moults. |
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| The calcein stain was retained over an annual cycle comprising multiple moults, demonstrating that pterocardiac ossicles retain chronological information. |
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| Moults more or less continuously, although it may pause in winter if food is in short supply. |
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