David Attenborough Witnesses a Caterpillar Transform into a Butterfly! | Nature Bites

David Attenborough witnesses the moment a caterpillar transforms into a beautiful butterfly!

Caterpillars are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera. As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawflies are commonly called caterpillars as well. Both lepidopteran and symphytan larvae have eruciform body shapes

From Micro Monsters with David Attenborough Season 1 Episode 1, "Conflict": Right beneath our feet is a secret world of disguise and espionage, social networking and courtship, rape and pillage, parenthood and relationships. Sir David Attenborough investigates how macroscopic residents outwit their enemies to survive.

Micro Monsters is a series narrated and hosted by Sir David Attenborough, who takes viewers deep into the world of bugs. Pioneering macroscopic techniques allow Attenborough to explore in unparalleled detail the intricate, sophisticated behaviours of fascinating creatures and the complexity of the environments they build and inhabit, in a world normally hidden from the human eye. Each of the three episodes explore a different aspect of the little-known lives of insects, from the deceptive defensive mechanisms harboured by spiders and scorpions, to the creation of colonies and how social arrangements develop.

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[tedbomba]

I had no idea that the entire process of the crysallis becoming a butterfly took only eight days or so. This is even more amazing than I realized !

[jamesadams]

Such a beautiful yet amazing spectacle to behold. Thanks again Mr. Attenborough for the wonderful guide into this act of beauty.

[shardyfox]

David Attenborough is my most favourite person in the whole world, can you imagine one man seeing and witnessing everything he has in his vast life, it blows my mind x

[hellerossen]

So uniqe, beautiful, calming and soothing - until the roar and very bright logo abrupt ends the joy….

[trippiechris]

I wonder how absolutely amazed people were when they found out butterflies and caterpillars were the same creature. Like “WHAAAT? THEY DO WHAT NOW? AND IT TURNS INTO THAT???”

[TheTractorjaws]

The 8 days part took me off guard!!! Gosh that's fast!

[twinflowerfioretta]

i love butterflies, - incredible metamorphoses from a caterpillar to such a beautyful, delightful creature ! nice docu. with the great voice of Sir D. Attenborough ! Thank you 🙏

[nicholaswhorley]

That little roar at the end gets me laughing every. single. TIME! HA

[pauly]

Im glad the lowly catepillar had the smarts to transform itself into an entirely different insect! Amazing! Not even I can do that!😮

[angelabalog]

Ahhh...ta neverovatno divna priroda 🤩😍💖 prelepo

[noldo]

"This body was made purelly for mating." Cat, Red Dwarf.

[icorbeaux]

He is such a wonderful soul that the animals and insects don't even run when he speaks or moves

[ilcanaledellanatura]

Nature Channel 2022 thanks you for sharing!

[PlayerPunisher]

If ur from the USA, look into any way you can support butterfly species. Maybe you have a favorite butterfly, all u need is it’s host plant and it’s food plant. In a lot of cases, all u need is a local native oak tree and u can plant milkweeds that are native to where u live

[dashroodle]

Lantana is a very noxious invasive species in my country. It was so hard to enjoy seeing a butterfly pollinating it without cringing and planning how to chop it down haha.

[travellermadhurima]

I witnessed entire life cycle of butterflies. I have most photos except courtship and mating. I have all photos except for courtship and mating. I have all photos, right from butterfly laying eggs, stages of caterpillars, pupa and finally witnessing butterfly coming out, have spent many sleepless nights only to capture in video form.

[HexaDecimus]

the thumbnail looked like some alien spaceship

[alanyuan]

Is fascinating how many insects just know how to fly the moment their wings are ready. but i guess we can do so if we have super strong muscles and a exoskeleton, then is just keep flapping the wings till airborne and no worries of falling.

[JT-ilfe]

Isn’t God amazing all glory be to him!

[maxcovfefe]

So many questions! But mainly... Does the caterpillar have a gender before it butterflies itself? Or does it not bother with that since all it has to do is eat? Also, I wonder how caterpillars know when they're fat enough to butterfly. Is it an instinct based on weather, or is it a body weight thing that triggers it? Do they all butterfly at the same time like cicadas surfacing, or does it happen in waves of fledglings throughout a season? These videos are too short!!