Excerpt from The Changa or West Indian Mole Cricket As a rule, there are eight molts after the egg stage, although ceca Sioual males molt only seven times. The entire period from the egg Stage to the adult averaged 295. 3 days for 19 individuals, 11 of which were males averaging 281 days with a variation of 233 to 321 days, and 7 females averaging 321 days, with a variation of 291 to 397 days. About a year is required for the full development of a generation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.