Monarch Caterpillar Changes to a Chrysalis

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  • Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
  • The annual monarch migration is underway! Should you happen to spot a monarch caterpillar impersonating the letter 'J', watch it carefully. It might change from a caterpillar (the larva) to a chrysalis (the pupa) before your very eyes!
    The uncut version of this process can be found here: • Monarch Caterpillar Ch... .
    Want to see what happens next? Watch • Adult Monarch Butterfl...
    How did it all begin? You can see the caterpillar hatching from its egg here: • Monarch Butterfly Egg ...
    The complete story of the life cycle of the monarch butterfly is available here: • Life Cycle of the Mona...
    #chrysalis #monarchbutterfly

Комментарии • 303

  • @AngryEnby
    @AngryEnby 5 лет назад +236

    I used to think that caterpillars just curled up and went to sleep, and the cocoon shell formed naturally. While the truth is a bit disturbing, it's also pretty interesting.

    • @Zealant
      @Zealant 4 года назад +10

      Not a cocoon 🤷‍♀️

    • @jabre7761
      @jabre7761 4 года назад +10

      They actually form this shell underneath their skin in that week before their transformation, and they shed their skin when it's time.

    • @rayyaanjessani2158
      @rayyaanjessani2158 4 года назад

      cocoons is not the name if it cocoons are different

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  4 года назад +11

      Cocoons are spun silk.

    • @kingwoofer4489
      @kingwoofer4489 3 года назад +4

      Only some MOTHS build up coccons

  • @smaakjeks
    @smaakjeks 9 лет назад +264

    Apparently, the innards completely liquify when undergoing metamorphosis. The caterpillar is in a way digesting itself and making use of the resulting soup. However -- and here's the interesting thing: the butterfly can remember behaviour that the caterpillar had learned!

    • @starbucksmochafrap
      @starbucksmochafrap 6 лет назад +8

      where do all of its organs go? or do they just reshape themselves from the soup?

    • @sayville_silver
      @sayville_silver 6 лет назад +9

      Well why wouldn't it? its still the same being..

    • @jeannie1renee2
      @jeannie1renee2 5 лет назад +5

      Wow! How do they know that? What can a caterpillar learn? I thought all they do is eat, poop and shed their skin.

    • @darlasam8762
      @darlasam8762 4 года назад +3

      I’m watching mine turn right now. It’s been in the J shape all day. I hope I get to see this change.

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  4 года назад +12

      @@jeannie1renee2 How do you know how to digest food? Or how to see? Or how to make your heart beat?

  • @RODALCO2007
    @RODALCO2007 5 лет назад +75

    That point of attachment is pretty strong with all the movements

    • @anti0918
      @anti0918 4 года назад +4

      Yep it covers the area where it’ll hang with sticky silk and puts a thick ball of silk right at the spot where it’ll hang, then this black “cremaster” with tiny velcro hooks latches into the silk. There’s some good photos here:
      journeynorth.org/tm/monarch/ChrysalisFormationLPB.html

    • @FishTail33
      @FishTail33 3 года назад

      @@anti0918 thanks for the link, it’s a very interesting read :)

    • @chan_gamryt6158
      @chan_gamryt6158 3 года назад

      Those hooks look... kinda sus

  • @shuyin8859
    @shuyin8859 9 лет назад +178

    Congratulations! Your Caterpie evolved to Metapod!

  • @TeeKayExpress
    @TeeKayExpress 9 лет назад +99

    It looks absolutely painful. Sometimes I'm glad that I'm a human being.

    • @gitvin
      @gitvin 7 лет назад +54

      Ask your Mom about that. She might tell you about something else that was quite painful. :)

    • @destineusaify
      @destineusaify 5 лет назад +3

      Hmm. What about women doing the same thing when they have babies. The human life isn’t so pleasant as well.

    • @getclapped7501
      @getclapped7501 4 года назад +2

      @@gitvin BIRTH

    • @YanDaBean
      @YanDaBean 2 года назад +1

      Nope I think being a human is emotionally just as painful 😅

  • @BrendaMLKovacs
    @BrendaMLKovacs 6 лет назад +55

    I just saw this happen right before my eyes last night!!!!! So amazing.....really truly. Almost cried!!

  • @noodlet6704
    @noodlet6704 4 года назад +48

    I just had my monarch butterfly emerge from it's chrysalis today! Yay, one more butterfly for the world. 😃 The odds of the eggs hatching and becoming a new butterfly is dismal even with human assistance.

  • @katiekawaii
    @katiekawaii 9 лет назад +90

    Something about that was deeply unsettling.

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  9 лет назад +32

      ***** I guess having your skin peel off would be a bit unsettling.

    • @syntaxusdogmata3333
      @syntaxusdogmata3333 9 лет назад +19

      ***** I'm sure butterflies feel the same way about the various stages of human reproduction. ;)

    • @ToontownLover3
      @ToontownLover3 9 лет назад +5

      Maybe they were just monarch butterflies on your stomach... XD

    • @Moetheboi2024
      @Moetheboi2024 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@syntaxusdogmata3333no

  • @ya_boi_salami
    @ya_boi_salami 9 лет назад +57

    "Will it be a girl or a boy?"
    I think it's gonna be a butterfly.

  • @Koselill
    @Koselill 5 лет назад +35

    I saw a caterpillar about a week ago on the edge of my window. I thought about taking him down on the ground again, but decided to leave him. I open up my window the next day to find a chrysalis!! Its been there for a week and Im eager to see if I can catch it coming out

  • @puklerxyilo
    @puklerxyilo 9 лет назад +60

    intriguing but highly disturbing

  • @houseofhades5819
    @houseofhades5819 8 лет назад +17

    My dad brought in two of these guys only 3 days ago, we bring them fresh milkweed everyday home, and one of them just started this process! so cool.

  • @Sketchy_Girlie
    @Sketchy_Girlie Год назад +2

    I left a comment on this video 3 years ago. I have raised these little guys my whole life, and just now saw one of my little friends make his cocoon very recently. I actually got 2 late bloomers a few days ago, and one of them is making his as we speak. I’m going to try to catch it on video, and show my family and friends the fascinating process these dudes go trough!

  • @jamesthomas1244
    @jamesthomas1244 8 лет назад +30

    This is so beautifully amazing. I have two caterpillars in a container who we found had eaten all the leaves from the one and only small milkweed in the yard (note: if they are a few days from chrysalis and milkweed is gone they will eat sliced raw pumpkin).
    One is just now attaching to the roof of the container to chrysalis. This has me excited to make an effort to have lots more milkweed growing in the yard.

    • @gitvin
      @gitvin 7 лет назад +3

      It is really good to know the cats will eat something else if the milkweed supply is gone, thanks for sharing that. Milkweed spreads through seed and underground runners so one could imagine it will multiply for you.

    • @dfquartzidn6151
      @dfquartzidn6151 6 лет назад

      The caterpillars are strong enough to digest pumpkins?

    • @paradoxicalcancer
      @paradoxicalcancer 5 лет назад

      I'm in the same situation.. when they are in the last stage they can eat (clean and organic) pumpkin, butternut squash, zucchini, and cucumber

    • @pollyhorlander7389
      @pollyhorlander7389 4 года назад

      They will only eat milkweed.

    • @cutedogs204
      @cutedogs204 4 года назад

      Yeah I have a cocoon and I was super shocked cause I saw the cocoon move when I picked it up

  • @yahodad
    @yahodad 9 лет назад +16

    I never cared or wondered how they did this, until now. Pretty cool. Thanks for the video

  • @KB-ld7jw
    @KB-ld7jw 3 года назад +5

    Not how I expected it to form. I always thought they covered themselves. Fascinating

  • @kantoking1518
    @kantoking1518 3 года назад +7

    I raised them when I was in kindergarten. I saw one on the roof of the terrarium and when I turned around for a few seconds, I heard my teacher give a shriek. I quickly turned around and saw a newly for chrysalis where the caterpillar once was.

  • @Theperfectfam16392
    @Theperfectfam16392 2 года назад +2

    3:20 I didn’t know that caterpillars heads fall off or whatever it is

  • @endorarivera8614
    @endorarivera8614 3 года назад +2

    Out of 30 monarch eggs to caterpillars but lost all but 10 made it to chrysalis even with our abundance of milkweed. Of the 20 other caterpillars that didn’t make it, 2 died trying to form chrysalises. The other 18 got sick and died either on the plant or crawled away to spin silk and died trying during their final instar.
    We isolated 10 chrysalises on our screened in porch. Of those 8 eclosed successfully (3 fell off upon emergence but each of those times, I was there to lend a finger for it to grasp to right itself and then assist it to a place to hang straight). The other 5 had no issues.
    One chrysalis turned black and dried up and died. Our 10th chrysalis turned clear like the others and started to eclose but died before (s)he could get his head all the way out. We cried with each loss of caterpillar or chrysalis.
    But mostly felt good about providing them with milkweed the increased chance to succeed.
    In the wild, as little as 3% (maybe less?)of monarch eggs laid make it to a monarch butterfly.
    Even with the assistance from humans, maybe 30% make it?
    Please Plant more milkweed and help our ecosystem. Monarchs are iconic pollinators and beautiful creatures.

  • @hectichive889
    @hectichive889 7 лет назад +8

    I always thought they spun a cocoon around them from silk! That's super cool but creepy! It's like in a science fiction movie where an alien is hatching! That's weird that it looks like a chrysalis is inside the bug thing or whatever.

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  7 лет назад +4

      Moths spin cocoons. Butterflies form chrysalises.

  • @jeannie1renee2
    @jeannie1renee2 5 лет назад +2

    Why does no one show clear to the end of the formation of the top part of the chrysalis? I've watched dozens of these videos and they all skip the last part.

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  5 лет назад +1

      Do you mean for it to get to its final shape? Because it takes about an hour and it would be pretty boring to watch in real time.

    • @markzuccberg8926
      @markzuccberg8926 4 года назад +1

      They jusy “squeeze” their “green” body to become a chrystalis.

  • @sfuterfas
    @sfuterfas 4 года назад +5

    My first caterpillar from the bunch I'm rearing just transformed into a chrysalis today! I'm such a proud mom! 😁

  • @Cathy_MidwestHome_Hens
    @Cathy_MidwestHome_Hens 2 года назад +1

    Amazing footage!I did get a flashback to the 80s of what it was like to pull on pantyhose

  • @nancymorgan1197
    @nancymorgan1197 2 года назад +1

    My bright orange Butterfly Weed shrub has been covered with Monarch caterpillars in all stages and there is a perfectly formed chrysalis on the purple Butterfly Bush next to it. I have been 'tracking' one of the full sized caterpillars, hoping to witness this amazing transformation, not knowing how it occurs. So glad to see this video because the chances of me seeing this little guy at just the right moment are pretty slim.

  • @quietone748
    @quietone748 3 года назад +2

    I wish you had shown the entire bit at the end where it assumes its final shape. I have three chrysalis in my enclosure and a 4th caterpillar is attaching to the roof right now, but I will miss this metamorphosis again. But thanks . Fascinating.

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  3 года назад

      The whole 'assuming the final shape part' isn't that exciting, especially when seen in real time. It goes some a somewhat oblong green thing to a somewhat squatter green thing over the course of 20 minutes or so. I get why someone might want to see it if they haven't seen it before. But, it pales in comparison to the pupation's 'main event'.

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  3 года назад +2

      Since other people have asked the same thing, we've uploaded the complete, unedited footage. You can find it here: ruclips.net/video/T2ePJIgiQc0/видео.html.

    • @Vanshika2323
      @Vanshika2323 3 года назад

      I've missed it twice. But hope to see the next😫

  • @MegaMindyLou
    @MegaMindyLou 6 лет назад +35

    Amazing that the antenna never seem to die until the very end.

    • @Zealant
      @Zealant 4 года назад

      They were just blowing in the wind

    • @wgagaming
      @wgagaming 3 года назад

      They were either blowing in the wind or moving with the skin folding

  • @akaCol1987
    @akaCol1987 4 года назад +3

    I wonder if caterpillars are able to consciously delay the onset of this process if it's in an unsuitable or unsafe situation, or does it just happen automatically like puberty in humans.

    • @lavenderrteep4656
      @lavenderrteep4656 Год назад

      I think when they get to a right size they will , or just die

  • @KokoGogo1728
    @KokoGogo1728 11 месяцев назад +1

    Is he shedding?

  • @lineakristensen1821
    @lineakristensen1821 2 года назад +1

    I found this video after being surprised at the level of activity in my newly forming chrystalite. Yesterday it just hung in a J shape and twtched a little bit. Now its encased and twiching like it's possessed. Fascinating!

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  2 года назад +1

      Yep. Once it decides it's time, it doesn't fool around.

  • @kennykeyboard
    @kennykeyboard 6 лет назад +1

    When your sister has suddenly taken up Lepidoptery, you find this informative and reassuring. Rather than having to listen to, "Why won't they pupate?"

  • @julia-ze6oz
    @julia-ze6oz 4 года назад +1

    It's kinda scary knowing that right now it's liquifying itself.

  • @delmanjustkoerdboy
    @delmanjustkoerdboy 3 года назад +2

    The most perfect video for a jump scare

  • @debbybridge7064
    @debbybridge7064 Год назад +1

    How long is this process???

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  Год назад +1

      Other than the crossfade towards the end, events are shown in real time. Please see the link in the description for an uncut version.

    • @debbybridge7064
      @debbybridge7064 Год назад

      @@JeffersonLab Thanks!

  • @DANIELLE_BREANNA_LACY
    @DANIELLE_BREANNA_LACY 2 года назад +1

    Great job on this video and the video where the butterfly emerges!
    Do you ever plan on creating videos for other types of caterpillars doing this same thing?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  2 года назад +1

      Not at this time. I have enough experience with Monarchs to know, more or less, when to film. I don't have this kind of knowledge with other types. Not that I won't in the future! But, for now, I don't have the experience to make filming other types time effective.

  • @Austinn1234
    @Austinn1234 Год назад

    What I can’t find answer to is why at first you can see beginnings of wings, head, legs and antenna and then in the end it’s all smooth. And if it liquids itself, why is all that there at first! So after it sheds the caterpillar skin, does it secrete a clear substance that eventually hardens and smooths out? Because what first is under there is not what you see in the finished product. Watched I close myself 4 times now. At the very beginning you can see exactly what it looks like before it emerges as butterfly but in bright green.

  • @NotBopEtc
    @NotBopEtc Год назад +1

    what happened to their legs and eyes?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  Год назад +2

      My understanding is that their body essentially dissolves and is then reconstituted in its new form.

    • @NotBopEtc
      @NotBopEtc Год назад

      @@JeffersonLab i was more talking about as the outer layer sheds off, it doesn't appear like they have any eyes or legs at all the moment the skins off

  • @tonymartin790
    @tonymartin790 11 месяцев назад

    Never in a million years would I have guessed this is how it turned into a chrysalis

  • @kayleetheshinysylveon9957
    @kayleetheshinysylveon9957 4 года назад +2

    This was looks like when a Caterpie evolves into a Metapod

  • @ophadamia2579
    @ophadamia2579 4 года назад +4

    3:20 The old skin is now facing front

  • @MeliPixie
    @MeliPixie 6 лет назад

    How long does this process take, from caterpillar to chrysalis? My sister has taken very good care of a monarch cat but it has been a J for about 6 hours now. He is getting fatter at the top but that is all, and all the posts I see make it seem like this is a minutes-long process, not hours. Help?!

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  6 лет назад

      The 'J' stage can last for as long as a day. Typically, if I have one that goes into the 'J' shape in the late afternoon, it'll pupate the next morning. The actual pupation process takes as long as it does in the video - it's being shown in real time. You'll know that the start of pupation is close when the larva's antenna 'deflate.'

    • @MeliPixie
      @MeliPixie 6 лет назад

      Jefferson Lab Thank you so much! I went downstairs when my fiance left for work to check, and the antennae had in fact gotten floppy and the caterpillar was kind of rippling from head to tail. I thought I had time to go to the bathroom but by the time I got my sister awake and downstairs it had already pupated! Now we know for the younger one which will pupate in about a week. Thanks again!

  • @4kWanderlust
    @4kWanderlust 6 лет назад

    Hi, I have a caterpillar that just formed a pupa but the caterpillar skin didn’t come off. Is it normal for the skin to take a while to come off? If not, could this cause a problem?
    Thank you.

  • @frien2638
    @frien2638 6 лет назад +1

    I have one too but it not yet turning to a butterfly. How many day do it turning to a butterfly?

  • @FrickinNugget
    @FrickinNugget Год назад +1

    3:21 im sorry did the head just fly off

  • @markhalvorson4631
    @markhalvorson4631 2 года назад

    I’ve watched it twice and still don’t understand what I’m seeing. Did the chrysalis come from under its skin? It just appears out of no where

  • @ESSBrew
    @ESSBrew 9 лет назад +3

    I has one milkweed plant, and 5 of these guys ate all the leaves and died because of lack of food :(

  • @sheliaheverin8822
    @sheliaheverin8822 2 года назад

    I never get to watch the actual change. The last one I checked and an hour later he had turned into a chrysalis.

  • @sierralynno
    @sierralynno Год назад +1

    I thought they built around their caterpillar form. Not drop their skin off like dirty clothes after a long day at work 😂

  • @jinnjexx
    @jinnjexx 2 года назад +1

    I missed it again 😂 I turn my back for a few minutes! 🐛🦋

  • @jeanettenicholson4974
    @jeanettenicholson4974 6 лет назад +4

    I fell unconscious watching this catiplier skin rip off

  • @sayville_silver
    @sayville_silver 6 лет назад +1

    We cant get a sped up version of what happens between 3:48 and 3:50?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  6 лет назад +3

      A sped up version isn't that interesting. It just contracts a bit, ending up with what's shown at the end.

  • @geraldct46803
    @geraldct46803 5 лет назад +2

    Metapod in real life woulve been a better title fr

  • @Fishbolls
    @Fishbolls 9 лет назад

    Does it turn to mush then squeeze all of it into its head?

  • @TotallyGoodatGames
    @TotallyGoodatGames 4 года назад

    I always envisioned caterpillars' metamorphosis to be a bit more elegant and less...uh, unsettling.

    • @tiny_m0w
      @tiny_m0w 4 года назад

      why is it unsettling?? because it sheds all of its skin??
      just curious, not trying to invalidate your feelings or something.

  • @JupiMeow
    @JupiMeow 3 года назад +1

    Is this real-time or time lapse? It's so fast!

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  3 года назад +2

      Other than the cross dissolve at the end, it's real-time.

  • @cakebomb_xoxo
    @cakebomb_xoxo 3 года назад

    Okay. But you didn't show it growing the chrysalis. You just faded out.

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  3 года назад

      There is no growing of the chrysalis to show. What's seen as the skin peels away is the chrysalis.

  • @morantole
    @morantole 5 лет назад

    i have one that went into the upside down J today. How long before the change will begin with the green?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  5 лет назад +3

      They usually stay in the 'J' position for about a day.

  • @missmissy57
    @missmissy57 8 лет назад +3

    About how long does his process take?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  8 лет назад +2

      The video runs in real time. The jump cut near the end skips ~5 minutes.

    • @MODGNAR
      @MODGNAR 8 лет назад +3

      I find it hard to believe this is in real time speed, it looks a tad sped up based on the frantic movement of the antennae. I read this process takes about a day. Please clarify in minutes/hours, I cant seem to find the amount of time anywhere online.

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  8 лет назад +5

      +MODGNAR No. Other than the dissolve cut near the end, what you see is in real time. The 'frantic movement of the antennae' was due to the wind. They remain in the 'J' state for about a day. Maybe that's what you're thinking about. However, once the 'final shedding' starts, it takes exactly as long as we've shown here.

    • @RODALCO2007
      @RODALCO2007 5 лет назад +1

      The whole process takes about 10 minutes. I watched one at the garden center. amazing to see the conversion happen.

    • @janet6697
      @janet6697 4 года назад

      @@MODGNAR I had two caterpillars turn into pupa today. They were hanging in their "j" formation and when I looked again after I had eaten my lunch they were transformed. It could not have taken more than 30 minutes and now I can see it probably took a lot less time than that.

  • @nzshinevlog8069
    @nzshinevlog8069 3 года назад

    this is fast forward right?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  3 года назад

      No. That's real time (other than the crossfade at the end).

  • @pastorshandonevangkimlaellis
    @pastorshandonevangkimlaellis 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks for the video!Hey,I like that!Cold cuts! No Bologna,just science!LOL!

  • @localhero8634
    @localhero8634 7 лет назад +2

    amazing video and amazing audio thanks!

  • @luningfang6506
    @luningfang6506 4 года назад

    Hi! I’m raising my first monarch caterpillar and I have a question. It has been more than two weeks since it hatched, but it’s still not forming into a chrysalis. I put a stick in the jar but it’s not climbing onto it. What shall I do now? Thank you!

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  4 года назад +1

      Just give it time. As long as there is food for it to eat, it'll take care of itself. There is a period between the "I'm done eating" phase and the "I'm forming a chrysalis" phase where it doesn't seem to do much of anything. That period lasts for about a day.

    • @luningfang6506
      @luningfang6506 4 года назад

      @@JeffersonLab Thank you for your reply! I stopped worrying about it and left it alone for a while. Today when I checked, it's doing the J hang after almost 19 days of leaf-eating. :D

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  4 года назад

      Good to hear!

  • @franciarojano1745
    @franciarojano1745 3 года назад

    What is the thing that fell off on minute 3:20?

  • @blos0034
    @blos0034 4 года назад

    How much time does the process take, once they are hanging and start to change?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  4 года назад +1

      They stay in the 'J' position for about a day.

    • @blos0034
      @blos0034 4 года назад

      @@JeffersonLab I mean, how long does the change from caterpillar to pupa take? They hang in a J for a while, but is it a process from caterpillar to green in 5 minutes or 5 hours? I'm trying to get a video and want to make sure I have enough battery/memory. Thanks!

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  4 года назад

      This video is shot in real time. So, the change takes as long as it is shown here (other than the transition at the end, which represents something like a 20 minute jump).

  • @debrasimms716
    @debrasimms716 5 лет назад

    I find this FASCINATING! I Have Milkweed and Catepillars to the right of Breezway , 3 baby cardinals in nest on the left.
    Don' t want last remaining monarch C. 2 B dinner 4 Madam Cardinal so im making a plan. Any ideas?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  5 лет назад

      Move the caterpillars to a jar with a mesh top. Add fresh milkweed leaves as needed.

  • @kerryouellet5388
    @kerryouellet5388 3 года назад

    Oh my gosh, I thought the caterpillar built the chyrsalis, not that it BECAME the chrysalis. However, you skip over one portion that I really wish I could see, right at 3:47. I have a caterpillar in my home and it went from caterpillar to chrysalis if 4 hours. I missed the entire thing! But I really want to see how it goes from still looking sort of like a caterpillar to looking like a chrysalis. Why did you skip that part??? This was fascinating, though!! Thx.

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  3 года назад

      It's skipped because there isn't much to see. It's just an oblong green thing becoming a somewhat less oblong thing over the course of 20 minutes or so. It's real tedious to watch in real time.

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  3 года назад

      But, we still have the footage. I can probably get it put together and uploaded tomorrow. Keep in mind that it'll still be dealing with the limitations of video recording with a DSLR, so it'll be limited to 29:59 of continuous footage. I'll post the link to it here when it's uploaded.

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  3 года назад

      You can find it here - ruclips.net/video/T2ePJIgiQc0/видео.html

  • @Geminish15
    @Geminish15 5 лет назад

    This video didn't help answer my question, which was why is it coming out of the back of the head?? Where does it come from and how does it get all over him????

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  5 лет назад +1

      This is what forms underneath the skin. It doesn't so much 'get all over him' as it 'takes off a caterpillar costume.'

    • @fahoodie1852
      @fahoodie1852 4 года назад

      Star Wise
      The “caterpillar” is basically skinning itself

  • @byronjohnson4268
    @byronjohnson4268 5 лет назад

    is a catapiller with green and black lines and 3 yellow dots a monarch ?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  5 лет назад

      Yes, that's a monarch caterpillar.

    • @byronjohnson4268
      @byronjohnson4268 5 лет назад

      i dont have any milkweed to feed it, its eating carrot tops, is that unusual ? @@JeffersonLab

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  5 лет назад

      Whoops. Thought you were referring to the caterpillar in the video. What you're describing is probably a swallowtail butterfly caterpillar. They eat carrot tops and other plants in the fennel family, like parsley. Their chrysalises sort of 'lean back' like a linesman climbing a pole with a belt. If it forms late in the season, they will remain as a chrysalis over the winter and the butterfly will emerge in the spring. Otherwise, they emerge from the chrysalis in about 7 to 10 days. See if this matches what you have: butterfly-lady.com/do-you-have-parsley-worms/

    • @fahoodie1852
      @fahoodie1852 4 года назад

      Byron Johnson
      Polyxenes?

  • @TotalMishap
    @TotalMishap 7 лет назад

    Why did you cut the last part? That's the part I wanted to see.

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  7 лет назад

      What last part? The emergence? It takes about a week for the metamorphosis to run its course. We weren't going to shoot for a week waiting for it to finish. So, you cut the video and give the emergence its own: ruclips.net/video/mjADshD3msk/видео.html

  • @sonoftheway3528
    @sonoftheway3528 3 года назад

    ok but, how does the change at 3:46 happen?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  3 года назад +1

      The uncut version of this process can be found here: ruclips.net/video/T2ePJIgiQc0/видео.html.

    • @sonoftheway3528
      @sonoftheway3528 3 года назад

      @@JeffersonLab Thanks!

  • @jocelynnperez8046
    @jocelynnperez8046 4 года назад

    How long was the whole process?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  4 года назад +2

      Other than the crossfade towards the end, this is shown in real time. The part that was skipped in the crossfade was about 15 minutes.

  • @EcoEarthNut
    @EcoEarthNut 8 лет назад +1

    So cool! Nice editing too. The attachment from the caterpillar/chrysalis to the 'substrate' must be exceptionally strong. What is that made of?

  • @tihzho
    @tihzho 2 года назад

    Wait a sec...what happened at 3:47 to get to the last stage?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  2 года назад +1

      The uncut version of this process can be found here: ruclips.net/video/T2ePJIgiQc0/видео.html

  • @choccywater203
    @choccywater203 4 года назад +3

    So....... I just watched a Caterpillar undressing without its permission....

  • @hunterhathaway7493
    @hunterhathaway7493 3 года назад

    my friend lied to me and told me they were white and very hairy. worst mistake of my life.

  • @VerkoAviarhidea
    @VerkoAviarhidea 7 лет назад

    is this painful for them?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  7 лет назад

      Hope not, 'cause that's what they need to do.

    • @gitvin
      @gitvin 7 лет назад +1

      It does not look easy and the energy it takes to accomplish this must be astounding.

  • @TimWesley
    @TimWesley Год назад

    Your Pokémon caterpie is evolving into metapod!!! Nice

  • @dexthemess3775
    @dexthemess3775 8 лет назад +1

    so the crysilis is extruded from its body?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  8 лет назад +5

      +Destany Seymour Not exactly. The chrysalis is formed within the body and then the outer layer of skin is shed, revealing the chrysalis.

    • @dexthemess3775
      @dexthemess3775 8 лет назад +1

      Hmm interesting. Thank you!

  • @ShadowXSonicXPokemon
    @ShadowXSonicXPokemon Год назад

    Real life footage of Caterpie evolving into Metapod then Butterfree

  • @Moonie95
    @Moonie95 Год назад

    Very confused at what I’m witnessing.

  • @SleepyFawn
    @SleepyFawn 2 года назад

    I'm worried. My monarch caterpillar started hanging upside down last night, but now he's looking kinda saggy and brown. I hope he's not dead!

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  2 года назад

      Sorry, but it doesn't sound good.

    • @SleepyFawn
      @SleepyFawn 2 года назад

      @@JeffersonLab It's okay! I mean, if it died, that's a bummer, but it happens. To be clear, I didn't keep him or anything. I found him in my garden, and I just checked on him every day or two to make sure he was doing well. Once they start hanging like that, how long would you say it takes before they noticeably change?

    • @SleepyFawn
      @SleepyFawn 2 года назад

      @@JeffersonLab Also, he doesn't look as brown as I thought, but he does look like he's losing his colors a bit, and he's not moving.

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  2 года назад +1

      If it's still in a 'J' shape, then it's probably okay. Or, it isn't obviously not okay. If it's 'relaxed' out of the 'J' shape, then that's not good.
      In my experience, they usually stay in the 'J' stage for about a day.

    • @SleepyFawn
      @SleepyFawn 2 года назад

      @@JeffersonLab I'll go check!

  • @binomialnomenclature1758
    @binomialnomenclature1758 8 лет назад

    Is it painful?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  8 лет назад

      +A Cluster Who Pretends To Be A Jasper (Ms. Hips the geo weapon) I'd hope not.

  • @amykrumich6025
    @amykrumich6025 4 года назад

    How long was the actual time it took to film this?

  • @charlettogirl1015
    @charlettogirl1015 8 лет назад

    How does the body fit in that tiny skin layer

  • @hifiunicorn
    @hifiunicorn 2 года назад

    I had no idea this is actually how the chrysalis is formed. I'm so surprised!

  • @makerspaceatthepoint3555
    @makerspaceatthepoint3555 2 года назад

    Is this in real time?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  2 года назад

      Yes, except for the transition at the end. A link to the full length version can be found in the video's description.

  • @Charles-hd9lh
    @Charles-hd9lh 8 лет назад +1

    did it felt hurt ?

  • @Sparkster217
    @Sparkster217 4 года назад

    Were those black strands its legs!?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  4 года назад

      No. The things on its head and hindquarters are called tentacles. The ones on the head are used as sense organs (the caterpillar can't see well) and the back ones might be used to confuse predators (makes it more difficult to tell which end is the front and which end is the back).

  • @paherbst524
    @paherbst524 9 лет назад

    whats the timing on this?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  9 лет назад +2

      ***** The video is running at normal speed. The jump at the end spans about 25 minutes.

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  9 лет назад

      Stephan Bijzitter It's like 24. Events take place in real time, except there's a 25 minute jump at the crossfade.

  • @SStrider75
    @SStrider75 3 года назад +1

    What? Caterpie is Evolving!

  • @rickhirsch1989
    @rickhirsch1989 4 года назад +1

    3:15 it looks like it’s dancing lol

  • @mk471329
    @mk471329 5 лет назад +1

    wow ! this situation looks like pokemon evolution. Nice video.

  • @QSnarf
    @QSnarf 6 лет назад

    so cool! Thanks for posting!

  • @GaaraFan01
    @GaaraFan01 4 года назад

    Could someone please actually explain this to me?

  • @lapissheepz8741
    @lapissheepz8741 8 лет назад

    How much is this sped up?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  8 лет назад +2

      The video runs in real time. The jump cut near the end skips ~5 minutes.

    • @lapissheepz8741
      @lapissheepz8741 8 лет назад

      +Jefferson Lab Real time? That is amazing how fast it is!

  • @KIKURAsky
    @KIKURAsky 2 года назад +1

    It must be very hard
    It looks like it's about to give birth to it's kidney

  • @hectichive889
    @hectichive889 7 лет назад +1

    That's so creepy how it wiggles around at 3:30!

  • @inthepinescreative1353
    @inthepinescreative1353 6 лет назад +4

    This is incredible. Nature is the greatest designer.

  • @sr8shoota
    @sr8shoota 3 года назад

    How long does it take 9n real life

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  3 года назад

      Other than the crossfade at the end, it takes as long as it does in the video. It's being shown in real time.

    • @sr8shoota
      @sr8shoota 3 года назад

      @@JeffersonLab that's weird cause mine have been having like this for half the day and nothing is happening.

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  3 года назад +1

      @@sr8shoota They stay in the 'J' position for about a day. The actual pupation goes quickly, once it starts. You'll see a green tint down near their head (you can see this in the video's thumbnail image) and their antennae 'detaching' (they physically stay connected on the outside, but you can see them sort of go limp or deflate) are signs that pupation is close to starting.

    • @sr8shoota
      @sr8shoota 3 года назад

      @@JeffersonLab thank you. I just got home and they pupated. Two others just started j hook so in about a day should have two more chrysalis.

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  3 года назад

      @@sr8shoota Yay!

  • @thanroshi8514
    @thanroshi8514 9 лет назад

    So any updates?

    • @JeffersonLab
      @JeffersonLab  9 лет назад

      Jonathan Rosenberg Yes! Results can be seen here: ruclips.net/video/mjADshD3msk/видео.html

    • @thanroshi8514
      @thanroshi8514 9 лет назад

      Absolutely amazing!

  • @krmiistudios2479
    @krmiistudios2479 3 года назад

    Caterpie is evolving.