Lobster Molting Diagram. Use textbook and computers around the room no phones gather basic information on your species and present it. At the end of stage ii the lobster will molt for the second time resulting in a stage iii lobster.
Molting cycles vary between sexes and are dependent upon size of the lobster and surrounding. At this point with each molt the lobster will increase about 15 in length and 40 in weight. The overall process of preparing for performing and recovering from ecdysis is known as molting.
A lobster can also drop a limb or claw if necessary to save its life such as to get away from a predator.
Generally molting and the frequency of molts decline in p. Without its shell a lobster is soft and squishy. Any missing limbs regrow during this time and are identical to the original. Before molting lobsters reduce the size of their extremities by drawing water from them so their old shell isnt too tightthen the shell breaks between the tail and the body called the carapace.