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AN insect is in an extremely vulnerable condition during a moult, so that its behaviour must be completely adapted for the time being to the special problems associated with the moulting process. Ordinary reflexes and locomotor activity must be suppressed. It may even be harmful for some of the muscles to contract at this time while the cuticle is soft, for if they do so they will effect permanent distortions in the drying exoskeleton. The means by which the muscular activity is modified or suppressed are not known.
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Hoyle, G., J. Physiol., 127, 90 (1955).
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HOYLE, G. Sodium and Potassium Changes occurring in the Hæmolymph of Insects at the Time of Moulting and their Physiological Consequences. Nature 178, 1236–1237 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/1781236a0
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