But it is not without a skin. It is covered by a new and soft one that soon hardens, and that is larger than the old one.
It wriggles out of its old skin as though it were an old coat, and leaves it clinging to the weeds in the pond.
Sometime you may find these cast-off dragon fly overcoats.
After it has shed its skin the dragon fly continues to grow. It keeps on growing until it has outgrown its new skin.
Then what do you think it does?
Yes, Charlie, that is right, it sheds this skin too.
When it sheds its skin we say it moults.
It moults several times, and at last little short wings appear. At first it has no wings at all, you know.