Monarch Butterfly Metamorphosis time-lapse FYV

[elifrancoeur]

I remember in Kindergarten, my teacher bought a couple of caterpillars online, as well as food and a cage. I remember every day we would check their progress, and when they started the process of metomorphosis, the entire class (including me) were amazed. Then I think it was a few weeks before school let off, they hatched and on the last day of school we released them. I will never forget that experience!

[IanWeeks]

Every creature has to struggle to reach its full potential.

[aldamis]

A slow worm wraps itself in a cocoon with no cognitive thought as to why, and it emerges one of the most beautiful creatures in the natural world. Truly magnificent.

[AtarahDerek]

Insects go through the most incredible changes between infancy and adulthood. The pupal stage is particularly amazing. Inside the pupa's shell is goop with DNA. That's it. The larval animal that went into that shell is no more. It dissolved. Essentially, it died. Soon, the goop reorganizes itself into something totally different, and soon after that, the adult insect emerges, looking totally unrecognizable compared to its previous form.

[DaveAlexKD]

It can't get any more alien than this and yet this is a creature of our own planet!. How cool is that

[arthurcesar]

There are no words that can express how amazing and perfect God's creativity is.

[kaylabruce]

When I was like 6 I was so captivated by butterflies that my mom got me this little kit thing and it was sent with a little book on how to find and safely handle a monarch caterpillar and what time to look for them. I found one and it came with some milkweed leaves and I let this thing hang in this little expandable habitat with sticks and leaves in it and I would watch this little dude eat leaves. And finally the moment had arrived, I come home to a cocoon. I could hardly contain myself I watched for days waiting for the butterfly to emerge. He did, I released him back into the wild.


I don't know why I'm saying all of this. But, it really stuck out to me how nature could be so complex and beautiful. Of course, at that age, I just knew that Nature was pretty and it should be kept that way. My mom did the same thing with Ladybugs and I also once hatched a praying mantis egg sack... except that I did not properly seal the habitat and they all came out and almost completely covered one wall in the house. We got most of them out into the yard safely, though. I always thought that I'd be an entomologist one day. I never really followed that dream. I still love this stuff, though. I hope I can provide the same kind of enjoyment and understanding of the beauty of nature to my son who was just born 5 months ago.

[MissDistarr]

This video is a thing of beauty.  A small piece of nature, in all her glory.  There is so much of nature that we fail to see and when I personally see something like this, I find it truly beautiful and breathtaking.  Thank you for the post.

[lunainezdelamancha]

My Monarch butterfly came out 20 minutes ago and it's gorgeous. Next year will be better....I want my tiny garden to burst with life....❤️.
I'm so happy 😊...

[momozuke]

I worked at a butterfly pavilion for 4 years and this process never ceased to amaze me... you go you funky little monarch

[caviersim]

I watch videos like this to get me motivated to finish my biology degree

[Charlie-ccwl]

That caterpillar is ballin' now, flappin its wings and shit.

[-SomebodyIGuess-]

I remember I would watch this with my brother about 7 or so years ago when we were little kids and we loved it so much with the music and the visuals. I just wish I could go back, to when life was easier. 7 years and still amazing.

[brandonalmanza]

Congratulations! Your Caterpie evolved into Metapod!

[KennaLovesGouda]

It’s so pretty how they are born with all those legs and colors and are practically reborn with wings and different colors. It’s beautiful

[UpNfamish]

Everytime I see a butterfly flying by me, I have nothing but admiration of them for not long ago, it was a humbly n slowly crawling caterpillar n now it can fly with beauty n grace. Just the sights of these little n fragile but amazingly beautiful lives is PURE AWESOME !

[trigger]

butterflies are truly amazing creatures.

[ShraddhaVyasofficial]

I dont know why, but i got emotional after watching this. I am a student of Zoology and i admire this world but there are people totally unaware of this asset and are destroying it ruthlessly. May god bring them on right track.

[lovesallweneed]

Can there be anything more magical than this? It is just a beautiful glimpse of how life evolves.

[noledelgado]

Such a marvelous & miraculous thing to see a caterpillar metaphormosized into a beautiful butterfly.