Ecdysis
Ecdysis is the name of the process in which an arthropod sheds its exoskeleton and forms a new one.
Ecdysis is the process in which an arthropod or an insect shed its outer cuticle (exoskeleton), and forms a new one. Ecdysis is an essential process in the growth and development of organisms. In arthropds, this process takes place after various steps that are caused by a hormone (ecdysone) that is secreted from glands behind the brain. Organisms utilize high amount of energy while forming a new cuticle, and the old cuticle that is shed in this process is known as exuviae.