When I was little I used to catch caterpillars, mostly those which would later become swallowtails, and put them in a jar with air holes and lots of what I caught them on, usually dill weed, and a twig. Then i would watch them finish their growth and develop their chrysalis. It was always super exciting and beautiful to see them finally hatch out as butterflies, even if they do look like snot rags for the first few minutes hahaha. After I would set them free so they could continue their lifecycle and go lay eggs somewhere. I have many found memories of doing this and I hope to do the same with my kids someday.
“ Jars with air holes” are so relatable 😭. I would catch all kinds of organism back then, from snails to bugs to giant spiders. I would just watch them all day long, fascinated by their uniqueness. No gadgets, no internet, just my young scientist self and his little friends in jars , good ol’ days.
I wasn't going to be pedantic, correcting people's spelling unbidden on the internet rarely does anyone any good, but for wordplay like this seeing you use "site" instead of the correct "cite" was a bit saddening, as I appreciate the joke.
What an fascinating, informative, calming, peaceful video. I watched 30 seconds and immediately subscribed. I also LOVE that you confidently and repeatedly say “I was wrong”. Learning you were incorrect about a scientific fact is always an amazing opportunity to NO LONGER be incorrect about said fact. Being wrong isn’t something to be fearful and avoidant of, it’s important to enthusiastically embrace accepting when we are factually incorrect and then adjusting our thinking. It’s the only way to truly learn and grow.
I learned more about caterpillars in this 5 minutes than I have in 50ish years. This guy produces very, very good quality informational videos. Once in a while, I even watch the ads in the middle. Not often.
I learned more from this video than going to school. I remember back in Elementary in 2004 our teacher said caterpillar form a web around themselves which then filorm a chrysalis
Yeah, I never imagined they were actually SPLITTING THEIR FACES OPEN! That is the most fascinating thing how this perceived soft tissue hardens and falls off. I could never imagine my eyes flaking off but I'm sure it's happening all the time lol.
Your teacher was somewhat correct, and you might be misremembering some details. Many moth caterpillars spin what's called a "cocoon" out of web around themselves, before turning into a chrysalis inside it. Your teacher might have been referring to that, instead of the actual chrysalis itself.
@@xt3916 Moth larvae are also called caterpillars, so it being a caterpillar does not exclude it from being a moth. If it spun a cocoon, it could not have been a butterfly, as they don't do that during metamorphosis.
So we're not gonna talk about how once the caterpillar becomes the chrysalis all of its insides dissolve into a soup and then congeal into a butterfly?
I am so digging the Mr Rogers voice and music effect. Soooo nostalgic. Not sure if it is on purpose or not but gave me the Neighborhood feels. And I am watching this with my daughter next.
I love your editing style! Such an unique way of making educational/nature videos! Soooo much better than any national geographics/discovery stuff! Would love to see a netflix documentary from you!!
Impressive quality here - the format addressing misconceptions is extremely effective. A science communication force to be reckoned with. When are we going to see the Veritasium collab?
I appreciate this too much. I started laughing in the middle though, because I could only hear the music as if it was the music that is in Curious George… but seriously, I love this! Good stuff.
since ppl are saying they turn in a soup of cells inside the Coccon, I am wondering how much of the damages on a Caterpillar fro before would affect the final form
the crazy thing isnt even in this video, its what happens in the chrysalis...they essentially become a liquid and there are certain cells that will become the body, head, wings etc floating around in that goop. and, even after liquifying its been shown that they can still remember certain locations where they once were caterpillars...
Can someone please clarify, is the chrysalis forming in inside the caterpillar and it sheds again during this stage, or (kind of how it looks in the video) the skin turns inside out into a Chrysalis? Also do the shed skins come out like cicada shells?
The caterpillar sheds. If you look close you'll notice green wings wrapped around itself that aren't full size yet, and if you'll look real close you can see the outline of its eyes where its head is. Some species will make silk cocoons to protect their funky looking and very vulnerable bodies, others will dig a hole underground. The one at the end though is doing none of that. That is the critter itself in it's awkward teen stage just hanging around and rebuilding itself from the inside out just under it's skin. It's weird, but really neat!
@@clxqc2912 and even cooler going on INSIDE the chrysalis! Insects have developmental “spots” called “imaginal discs.” Each one corresponds to a leg, wing, antennae, etc. Butterflies/moths look so different from their caterpillars because these discs migrate to different areas of the body and new genes activate to create something that looks totally different.
This stage also suggests that the skin of caterpillars aren't made of anything a lot of bottom-feeder insects would eat, which is good for the caterpillar! If it was, such insects would take the opportunity to also target the otherwise defenseless pupa. Some species of insects can only go through their various instar phases when safely alone like the morioworm (a.k.a. super worm) less they be cannibalized or targeted by others of a similar diet.
When caterpillars are in its cocoon it turns to liquid and forms a butter fly for people that ask* How in the world can a caterpillar turn so different when it’s in a cocoon?*
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Fun fact: when we were born we were inside our mothers wombs and females have wombs called “chrysalis” so it means that humans have chrysalis and organs too and water bones and some important body parts like our brain memory’s and heart
@@xenomorphoverlord Either way,A Butterflies/caterpillars Pupa has Been called always a chrysalis But Beetles Pupa has been called Cocoon, pupa and Chrysalis. Although A Moths/caterpillars or larvae s Pupa will always be called a Cocoon but some don't even do cocoons...
WOW what an amazing video I’ve just started to grow some caterpillars and I’ve been videoing the phases thanks so much for this very informative video 💚
This ís just breath-taking I wonder how, with the chrysalis inside, it can still move normally? And is its skin layered when it was born? Or does it grow over time?
Was listening to this video as I multitask, and then i heard at 4:32 "You know what this caterpillar needs? A website. Square Space-" I immediately yelled "A WEBSITE???!!" (even tho I know the ad is coming), this is so funny lol
A joke for your entertainment. Two caterpillars are on a plant just eating away and they look up to sky and see a butterfly. One caterpillar says to the other: "You'll never get me up in one of those!"
So do the pro legs still work like legs and push them forward or yknow wherever they are going and latch onto stems? Ngl by the way the feet with many hooks looked, i thought it had a suction cup at the bottom of each pro leg
If you’ve seen inchworms move, I believe it’s a similar idea, with them moving their body and the prolegs latching on and then pushing off in a wave-like pattern. So in a way the prolegs do kind of act like suction cups, missing the joints that the actual legs have that allow them to grab bits of leaves. I’m not an expert on insects though, so I could be wrong in my interpretation.
I raise monarches in the summer so I already know about instars, fake legs, and breathing holes, I also know male monarch butterflies have two dots which attract females! I love letting them fly around and petting them! They are truly beautiful?
Butterfly lifecycel is like an isekai anime - you are dying as a ugly slow worm and reincarnating as flying creature that has nothing in common with previous life. Also you can fly, you are beautiful and everybody loves you in this second life :D
Sorry I’m gonna be that person… BUTTERFLY caterpillars do this. You failed to include the fact that the mass majority of caterpillars do NOT form a chrysalis. Within Lepidoptera only butterflies do. Leaving over 90% of the order, moths, lacking the whole making a chrysalis thing. The caterpillar you show in the vial is a moth caterpillar, probably in the Sphingidae. Moths pupate within a spun cocoon attached to a tree, or buried in the ground or leaf litter, or sometimes with no cocoon, to name just a few ways. I know you can only fit so much in a video and I love love love your content anyway!
@@duckydiver they’re called caterpillars too! Most moths either spin a cocoon made from silk and sometimes additional materials from their environment and then pupate inside that for protection or they burrow down under leaf litter or soil and pupate there.
Yes! I get hornworms from time to time for my geckos, so my knowledge comes from that. It's really interesting to see from their molts that they shed their spiracles too kind of like the booklungs of a tarantula. I enjoy seeing that because it tells me that their respiratory systems are developing and maturing properly.
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The real chrysalis was inside us all along
ewwwwwww
And the friends we made along the way.
I can feel it inside of me
Wriggling, writhing
@@lilyfhonazhel2675 warm, and wet.
I didn’t just learn something today, my entire understanding of butterflies was table-flipped
The chrysalis coming out of the 'pillar's skin literally blew my mind. There was an audible "Holy Sh*t!" moment.
Insects breathe out of their sides?? How have I made it this far without knowing that!?
When I was little I used to catch caterpillars, mostly those which would later become swallowtails, and put them in a jar with air holes and lots of what I caught them on, usually dill weed, and a twig. Then i would watch them finish their growth and develop their chrysalis. It was always super exciting and beautiful to see them finally hatch out as butterflies, even if they do look like snot rags for the first few minutes hahaha. After I would set them free so they could continue their lifecycle and go lay eggs somewhere. I have many found memories of doing this and I hope to do the same with my kids someday.
as somone who has some emperor moth caterpillar I can say I love watching them grow an then become either moths or butterflies
@@javierhillier4252
I did the same thing with Rhinoceros Beetles.
Its always exciting to see them grow, I love raising caterpilllars and seing them become butterflies
“ Jars with air holes” are so relatable 😭. I would catch all kinds of organism back then, from snails to bugs to giant spiders. I would just watch them all day long, fascinated by their uniqueness. No gadgets, no internet, just my young scientist self and his little friends in jars , good ol’ days.
Please dont put your kids in a jar with air holes
Note that there are caterpillars that spin a cocoon first before becoming a chrysalis, most of these become moths instead of butterflies.
Yep, but not most of them. All of them. This is one of the main ways (along with moths being nocturnal) to tell moths and butterflies apart.
@@lilahclark6108moths love light
@@lilahclark6108 and moths have sexual dimorphism: those comb antennae are a characteristic of male moths only
"Moths" are butterflies too.
@@anjachan Actually moths were around first and butterflies split off from moths something like 80 million years ago.
I really appreciate that you don't just Site your references, but you also SIGHT your references for us all to see. Keep up the great work!
I wasn't going to be pedantic, correcting people's spelling unbidden on the internet rarely does anyone any good, but for wordplay like this seeing you use "site" instead of the correct "cite" was a bit saddening, as I appreciate the joke.
"Look up here, towards the front"
Apparently I've been looking at its butt the whole time
Same. Old habits die hard ahhahaha
Not only are your videos always so informative, your editing style is so pleasing and relaxing! ❤
I agree fully! I really enjoyed it!
Remind me a bit of the YT channel Baumgartner Restoration, but more light-hearted.
What an fascinating, informative, calming, peaceful video. I watched 30 seconds and immediately subscribed. I also LOVE that you confidently and repeatedly say “I was wrong”. Learning you were incorrect about a scientific fact is always an amazing opportunity to NO LONGER be incorrect about said fact. Being wrong isn’t something to be fearful and avoidant of, it’s important to enthusiastically embrace accepting when we are factually incorrect and then adjusting our thinking. It’s the only way to truly learn and grow.
I learned more about caterpillars in this 5 minutes than I have in 50ish years. This guy produces very, very good quality informational videos. Once in a while, I even watch the ads in the middle. Not often.
I learned more from this video than going to school. I remember back in Elementary in 2004 our teacher said caterpillar form a web around themselves which then filorm a chrysalis
Yeah, I never imagined they were actually SPLITTING THEIR FACES OPEN! That is the most fascinating thing how this perceived soft tissue hardens and falls off. I could never imagine my eyes flaking off but I'm sure it's happening all the time lol.
Your teacher was somewhat correct, and you might be misremembering some details. Many moth caterpillars spin what's called a "cocoon" out of web around themselves, before turning into a chrysalis inside it. Your teacher might have been referring to that, instead of the actual chrysalis itself.
This is true for moths.
@Niko the caterpillar my teacher show us and even have as a pet for us to see turn into a butterfly is a caterpillar, it was not a moth
@@xt3916 Moth larvae are also called caterpillars, so it being a caterpillar does not exclude it from being a moth. If it spun a cocoon, it could not have been a butterfly, as they don't do that during metamorphosis.
So we're not gonna talk about how once the caterpillar becomes the chrysalis all of its insides dissolve into a soup and then congeal into a butterfly?
No man can explain such a bizarre…
Another point: the caterpillar is not inside de chrysalis, it IS the chrysalis. But if it is a moth, the generally it is INSIDE the cocoon.
I laughed out loud at the “you know what this caterpillar needs?” bit
Elena Costa - that got me, too 🤣
Great job on that joke 🤣🤣🤣👏
I am so digging the Mr Rogers voice and music effect. Soooo nostalgic. Not sure if it is on purpose or not but gave me the Neighborhood feels. And I am watching this with my daughter next.
I love this video and I’m gonna need a part 2 bc i want to know what’s going on inside caterpillars as they grow
As a bipedal ape, I'm definitely pro legs.
Me and my class watched this. We were learning about caterpillars!
Just a few days ago me and my friends were talking about how transformation inside the cocoon looks, thanks for making this
I love your editing style! Such an unique way of making educational/nature videos! Soooo much better than any national geographics/discovery stuff! Would love to see a netflix documentary from you!!
*Huh, your Caterpie evolving*
**Dun Dun Dun Dun Dun Dun**
*Congratulations, Your Caterpie, evolved into Metapod*
*Metapod wants to learn HARDEN*
Impressive quality here - the format addressing misconceptions is extremely effective. A science communication force to be reckoned with. When are we going to see the Veritasium collab?
Remember the caterpillar Three legs or six legs? I can see behind, but I cannot see six leg.
This is fantastic info! I have raised caterpillars for a few years now and didn’t know about those holes they use to breath! 😮
How do you raise one? I got attacked by one, now I think I have to raise them
@@davehart1027 most are easy, when you buy them theirs always advice on the websites, just make sure you have a food source available
I appreciate this too much. I started laughing in the middle though, because I could only hear the music as if it was the music that is in Curious George… but seriously, I love this! Good stuff.
Great, and also the best example of the scientific process for some reason
Love this guys, he always admits that he was wrong 😅then corrects himself with a mind blowing info
i take care of silkworms and silkmoths, its crazy that the silkworm literally sheds its lungs. also you can see its blood pumping through its body lol
since ppl are saying they turn in a soup of cells inside the Coccon, I am wondering how much of the damages on a Caterpillar fro before would affect the final form
Damn, one minute old? Never been this early for anything haha. I should be leaving for work but I got 5 mins for this lol
I admire you a lot, this is some National Geographic quality stuff! Greetings from Panama and thanks for your work
Now this explains why caterpillars feet feel so sharp when they're on my hand
This man is a lot braver than a lot of people! He can admit that he was wrong about something!😂😂
the crazy thing isnt even in this video, its what happens in the chrysalis...they essentially become a liquid and there are certain cells that will become the body, head, wings etc floating around in that goop. and, even after liquifying its been shown that they can still remember certain locations where they once were caterpillars...
That add transition was so smooth I can’t
"Do you know what this caterpillar needs? A website!"
Yea, all a caterpillar will ever need is definitely a website😆
Can someone please clarify, is the chrysalis forming in inside the caterpillar and it sheds again during this stage, or (kind of how it looks in the video) the skin turns inside out into a Chrysalis? Also do the shed skins come out like cicada shells?
The caterpillar sheds. If you look close you'll notice green wings wrapped around itself that aren't full size yet, and if you'll look real close you can see the outline of its eyes where its head is. Some species will make silk cocoons to protect their funky looking and very vulnerable bodies, others will dig a hole underground. The one at the end though is doing none of that. That is the critter itself in it's awkward teen stage just hanging around and rebuilding itself from the inside out just under it's skin. It's weird, but really neat!
@@elizabethbeatty8841 thank you for the information! Extremely interesting and awesome.
@@clxqc2912 and even cooler going on INSIDE the chrysalis! Insects have developmental “spots” called “imaginal discs.” Each one corresponds to a leg, wing, antennae, etc. Butterflies/moths look so different from their caterpillars because these discs migrate to different areas of the body and new genes activate to create something that looks totally different.
This stage also suggests that the skin of caterpillars aren't made of anything a lot of bottom-feeder insects would eat, which is good for the caterpillar!
If it was, such insects would take the opportunity to also target the otherwise defenseless pupa. Some species of insects can only go through their various instar phases when safely alone like the morioworm (a.k.a. super worm) less they be cannibalized or targeted by others of a similar diet.
“You know what this caterpillar needs, a website.”
Me: WAIT REALLY?
When caterpillars are in its cocoon it turns to liquid and forms a butter fly for people that ask* How in the world can a caterpillar turn so different when it’s in a cocoon?*
I raised some painted ladys and its pretty interesting to watch a catapilla metamorphosis into a butterfly
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WHAT?
your videos are entertaining and you encouraged me to collect insects now i have several like African grass blue and blue tiger butterflies
The story of a caterpillars that needs squarespace 10% off
He never fails to surprise me. Keep up the work man. Love your vids.
i wanted to skip the ad but you added caterpillars' timelapses on the side... you did me dirty
I thought I knew the life cycle of a caterpillar... but I was wrong
Love your vids. Use them to teach my classes!
Fun fact: when we were born we were inside our mothers wombs and females have wombs called “chrysalis” so it means that humans have chrysalis and organs too and water bones and some important body parts like our brain memory’s and heart
Chrysalis is just a another word for pupa but it's just exclusive to caterpillars
@@Nerium_Oleander13 Beetles form chrysalis as well. Don't spread misinformation about bugs
@@xenomorphoverlord Either way,A Butterflies/caterpillars Pupa has Been called always a chrysalis But Beetles Pupa has been called Cocoon, pupa and Chrysalis. Although A Moths/caterpillars or larvae s Pupa will always be called a Cocoon but some don't even do cocoons...
the science teacher we never asked for but needed
Refreshing editing style. So relaxing. Well Done!
WOW what an amazing video I’ve just started to grow some caterpillars and I’ve been videoing the phases thanks so much for this very informative video 💚
Cool! I know the term instar from my tarantula hobby but I didn't know the term applied to Insects too.
When i ask my lil sis "where do caterpiller breath?"
My lil sis said "mouth" 🗿
I’ve been trippin hard on acid all night, its 9:02 AM, and this is truly beautiful
i dont undertand anything but his voice is so soothing
This ís just breath-taking I wonder how, with the chrysalis inside, it can still move normally? And is its skin layered when it was born? Or does it grow over time?
love this channel! everything is so interesting!
I actually knew most of this! Every summer I check my milkweed for monarch eggs and grow them to adulthood before release. It's so fun :)
This is very interesting, thanks for make these videos!
In a lot of ways, I think caterpillars are cooler than butterflies.
Nature never ceases of Being a diva
But what do they do when there doing chrysalis and the skin is ripping out? Do they put it inside or just make it fall?
caterpillar after seeing the ad: 4:38
I am so happy I found this channel
I didn’t know a caterpillar needed a website during metamorphosis. The more u know
Ahhh hell nah I’m never touching butterflies ever again in my life again
Thank you 🙏 great 👍 job great 👍 view great 👍 explained ☝️👏👏👏👍🎥
Was listening to this video as I multitask, and then i heard at 4:32 "You know what this caterpillar needs? A website. Square Space-" I immediately yelled "A WEBSITE???!!" (even tho I know the ad is coming), this is so funny lol
Godzilla: um mothra is this how you grew? Mothra: yes it is thats how all caterpillars grow. Godzilla: either way you're still a lovely bug to me 😊
Im glad i found this channel
Ok but the quality of this video is unreal
Alternate clickbait title: I WAS WRONG?!?! * insert surprised face)
Shedding is changing his onsie and the prolegs are best legs!!
I loved your explanation.
I think i already learned this at school.but i forgot it thanks bro
Ready to tell this to all my friends whenever we see a caterpillar
My teacher used your video to show to tell my class more about butterflies!
where do you buy the books you got of the insects
Sometimes i feel like a caterpillar myself. Maybe i should become a butterfly BY EFFORT.
Thumbnail: "These legs are fake." Arrow points at top of caterpillar's back.
What is the name of that orchestral movement you keep playing in your videos?
Question why do this transformation if it gets weaker 3:29-3:35
it has to break its whole body down in order to become a butterfly
It's to guarantee that the adults and the larvae don't compete with each other for food
A joke for your entertainment. Two caterpillars are on a plant just eating away and they look up to sky and see a butterfly. One caterpillar says to the other: "You'll never get me up in one of those!"
I thought I was already subscribed to this Channel…… but I was wrong
I’m fixing that now
This dude is like the Mr. Rogers of nature RUclipsrs.
I love your voice in this video. 😊
4:35 there we go and insert our advertisement 😅😁😆😸👌
Yes, the caterpillar uses silk (I went to school and remembered from school)
So do the pro legs still work like legs and push them forward or yknow wherever they are going and latch onto stems?
Ngl by the way the feet with many hooks looked, i thought it had a suction cup at the bottom of each pro leg
If you’ve seen inchworms move, I believe it’s a similar idea, with them moving their body and the prolegs latching on and then pushing off in a wave-like pattern. So in a way the prolegs do kind of act like suction cups, missing the joints that the actual legs have that allow them to grab bits of leaves. I’m not an expert on insects though, so I could be wrong in my interpretation.
I raise monarches in the summer so I already know about instars, fake legs, and breathing holes, I also know male monarch butterflies have two dots which attract females! I love letting them fly around and petting them! They are truly beautiful?
interesting. I learned something new about insects breathing 🙂
To paraphrase michael from the good place, we humans are idiots with our feeding tubes next to our breathing tube
Did you know roly polys (pill bugs) weren't insects?
i have parsley outside with swallowtail caterpillars in various forms right now, i've counted 9.
They are shedding skin like that Pantera song
Butterfly lifecycel is like an isekai anime - you are dying as a ugly slow worm and reincarnating as flying creature that has nothing in common with previous life. Also you can fly, you are beautiful and everybody loves you in this second life :D
Bugs are casually musical instruments.
0:52 that’s an eastern lubber grasshopper not a cricket they can get up to 4 inches long and personally I’ve seen one that was 4.5 inches.
Sorry I’m gonna be that person…
BUTTERFLY caterpillars do this.
You failed to include the fact that the mass majority of caterpillars do NOT form a chrysalis.
Within Lepidoptera only butterflies do. Leaving over 90% of the order, moths, lacking the whole making a chrysalis thing. The caterpillar you show in the vial is a moth caterpillar, probably in the Sphingidae.
Moths pupate within a spun cocoon attached to a tree, or buried in the ground or leaf litter, or sometimes with no cocoon, to name just a few ways.
I know you can only fit so much in a video and I love love love your content anyway!
could u please tell me what moth caterpillars actually do? and what they're called? :)
@@duckydiver they’re called caterpillars too! Most moths either spin a cocoon made from silk and sometimes additional materials from their environment and then pupate inside that for protection or they burrow down under leaf litter or soil and pupate there.
Yes!
I get hornworms from time to time for my geckos, so my knowledge comes from that. It's really interesting to see from their molts that they shed their spiracles too kind of like the booklungs of a tarantula. I enjoy seeing that because it tells me that their respiratory systems are developing and maturing properly.
I remembered about the dots on the butterfly from one of your previous videos, yea me!