Quote Originally Posted by Malduroque View Post
Perhaps. Perhaps not.

"However, newly molted mealworms, which are white in color, are soft, have weak mouthparts and lower chitin levels." - Frank Indiviglio from his blog
Far be it from me to disagree with Frank but I am going to stick by what I said. Case in point, ever notice how your finger nails get softer if you take a shower (or particularly a bath)? Does that mean that the amount of keratin in your finger nails changes when you have a wash? (Keratin is another structural protein, just as chitin is a structural protein in insects)