If a hermit crab is not moving during molting, it could be dead.
Moving through the molting trees, Bobby saw the beige-colored brutalist slab of the shopping center climb into the skyline.
True, Biden would go on the radio to say nice things about a molting pigeon, but still.
When they don't move for a long time and their skin takes on a weird color, it means that they're going to molt, or shed their exoskeleton.
With his mother gone, civilization began to fall away from him like feathers from a molting hen.
Tarantulas often stop moving or don't move at all to conserve energy before a molt.
Those larvae that stopped moving (but were not undergoing peristalsis movements of a molt) were considered M. citrifolia sensitive.
Praying Mantis go through a stage called a molt, where they shed their skin.
When your crab is out of its shell and not moving, it may be molting.
Similarly, activity of a molt gland may be responsible for differentiation of the reproductive caste.
