I think they have to molt first.
egg, baby, adult, then death
i have a hermit crab and mine had a baby. So the original hermit crab died and grew out of its shell for the baby.
no
take the dead crab out of the shell.
Well, a hermit crab can have a baby in there shell.
An egg will be there and it will be cracked.
1-3 ounces
less than an ounce
When ever a hermit crab grows out of its old shell it finds a new one to call home. There is no set amount of times a hermit crab will change its shells. The hermit crab will only change shells if it has grown to big for its original one. Otherwise, the hermit crab will not change shells. It all depends on the hermit crab's growth rate and size.
a hermit crab
Land Hermit Crab Babies Are Microscopic And Live In the Ocean. It Is Near Impossible To Raise Baby Hermits In Captivity
If You figure this out let me know.... just noticed mom hermit dead but baby hermit inside moms shell.... hmmm lol