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.
@Zealant4 жыл бұрын
Not a cocoon 🤷♀️
@jabre77614 жыл бұрын
They actually form this shell underneath their skin in that week before their transformation, and they shed their skin when it's time.
@rayyaanjessani21584 жыл бұрын
cocoons is not the name if it cocoons are different
@JeffersonLab3 жыл бұрын
Cocoons are spun silk.
@kingwoofer44893 жыл бұрын
Only some MOTHS build up coccons
@smaakjeks9 жыл бұрын
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!
@starbucksmochafrap6 жыл бұрын
where do all of its organs go? or do they just reshape themselves from the soup?
@sayville_silver6 жыл бұрын
Well why wouldn't it? its still the same being..
@jeannie1renee25 жыл бұрын
Wow! How do they know that? What can a caterpillar learn? I thought all they do is eat, poop and shed their skin.
@darlasam87624 жыл бұрын
I’m watching mine turn right now. It’s been in the J shape all day. I hope I get to see this change.
@JeffersonLab3 жыл бұрын
@@jeannie1renee2 How do you know how to digest food? Or how to see? Or how to make your heart beat?
@shuyin88599 жыл бұрын
Congratulations! Your Caterpie evolved to Metapod!
@reallycoolshrimp9 жыл бұрын
+ Shuyin8859 oh lol
@mattmo17mm6 жыл бұрын
shuyin8859 this is just my dad's account but I named my caterpillar Caterpie
@mandm4715 жыл бұрын
Lol
@jeanettenicholson49745 жыл бұрын
*butterfly* and *catipiler*
@neptunearchives6425 жыл бұрын
+shuyin8859 no pokemons
@RODALCO20075 жыл бұрын
That point of attachment is pretty strong with all the movements
@anti09184 жыл бұрын
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
@FishTail333 жыл бұрын
@@anti0918 thanks for the link, it’s a very interesting read :)
@chan_gamryt61583 жыл бұрын
Those hooks look... kinda sus
@TeeKayExpress9 жыл бұрын
It looks absolutely painful. Sometimes I'm glad that I'm a human being.
@gitvin7 жыл бұрын
Ask your Mom about that. She might tell you about something else that was quite painful. :)
@destineusaify4 жыл бұрын
Hmm. What about women doing the same thing when they have babies. The human life isn’t so pleasant as well.
@getclapped75014 жыл бұрын
@@gitvin BIRTH
@yan52002 жыл бұрын
Nope I think being a human is emotionally just as painful 😅
@puklerxyilo9 жыл бұрын
intriguing but highly disturbing
@katiekawaii9 жыл бұрын
Something about that was deeply unsettling.
@JeffersonLab9 жыл бұрын
***** I guess having your skin peel off would be a bit unsettling.
@syntaxusdogmata33339 жыл бұрын
***** I'm sure butterflies feel the same way about the various stages of human reproduction. ;)
@ToontownLover39 жыл бұрын
Maybe they were just monarch butterflies on your stomach... XD
@Moetheboi20245 ай бұрын
@@syntaxusdogmata3333no
@noodlet67044 жыл бұрын
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.
@hariakshathmknatureandwild83743 жыл бұрын
Then please check out my channel I released 2 common Mormons that I had since it was a caterpillar
@Xintheclouds3 жыл бұрын
Same!
@ya_boi_salami9 жыл бұрын
"Will it be a girl or a boy?" I think it's gonna be a butterfly.
@isabellavendel88389 жыл бұрын
Stucky Butterflies has genders too.
@darksev.64689 жыл бұрын
***** Same thing
@GreaterDeity8 жыл бұрын
+Dark “Darcosuchus” Sev. No it's not.
@hylianmontage4518 жыл бұрын
+Dark “Darcosuchus” Sev. No they are not
@darksev.64688 жыл бұрын
Hylian Montage I know.
@Koselill5 жыл бұрын
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
@bugenthusiast39704 жыл бұрын
So... Did you? ☺
@briceengle91263 жыл бұрын
Yeah did u?
@BugVariant_SINO2 жыл бұрын
Yeah! What happened?
@BrendaMLKovacs6 жыл бұрын
I just saw this happen right before my eyes last night!!!!! So amazing.....really truly. Almost cried!!
@houseofhades58198 жыл бұрын
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.
@yahodad9 жыл бұрын
I never cared or wondered how they did this, until now. Pretty cool. Thanks for the video
@Theperfectfam163922 жыл бұрын
3:20 I didn’t know that caterpillars heads fall off or whatever it is
@jamesthomas12448 жыл бұрын
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.
@gitvin7 жыл бұрын
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.
@dfquartzidn61516 жыл бұрын
The caterpillars are strong enough to digest pumpkins?
@paradoxicalcancer5 жыл бұрын
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
@pollyhorlander73894 жыл бұрын
They will only eat milkweed.
@cutedogs2044 жыл бұрын
Yeah I have a cocoon and I was super shocked cause I saw the cocoon move when I picked it up
@KB-ld7jw3 жыл бұрын
Not how I expected it to form. I always thought they covered themselves. Fascinating
@MegaMindyLou6 жыл бұрын
Amazing that the antenna never seem to die until the very end.
@Zealant4 жыл бұрын
They were just blowing in the wind
@wgagaming3 жыл бұрын
They were either blowing in the wind or moving with the skin folding
@Sketchy_Girlie Жыл бұрын
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!
@hectichive8897 жыл бұрын
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.
@JeffersonLab7 жыл бұрын
Moths spin cocoons. Butterflies form chrysalises.
@delmanjustkoerdboy3 жыл бұрын
The most perfect video for a jump scare
@kayleetheshinysylveon99573 жыл бұрын
This was looks like when a Caterpie evolves into a Metapod
@ophadamia25794 жыл бұрын
3:20 The old skin is now facing front
@sfuterfas4 жыл бұрын
My first caterpillar from the bunch I'm rearing just transformed into a chrysalis today! I'm such a proud mom! 😁
@JeffersonLab4 жыл бұрын
👍
@lineakristensen18212 жыл бұрын
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!
@JeffersonLab2 жыл бұрын
Yep. Once it decides it's time, it doesn't fool around.
@kantoking15183 жыл бұрын
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.
@kennykeyboard6 жыл бұрын
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?"
@jeanettenicholson49745 жыл бұрын
I fell unconscious watching this catiplier skin rip off
@julia-ze6oz4 жыл бұрын
It's kinda scary knowing that right now it's liquifying itself.
@sierralynno Жыл бұрын
I thought they built around their caterpillar form. Not drop their skin off like dirty clothes after a long day at work 😂
@nancymorgan11972 жыл бұрын
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.
@geraldct468034 жыл бұрын
Metapod in real life woulve been a better title fr
@tonymartin7909 ай бұрын
Never in a million years would I have guessed this is how it turned into a chrysalis
@jeannie1renee25 жыл бұрын
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.
@JeffersonLab5 жыл бұрын
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.
@markzuccberg89264 жыл бұрын
They jusy “squeeze” their “green” body to become a chrystalis.
@jinnjexx2 жыл бұрын
I missed it again 😂 I turn my back for a few minutes! 🐛🦋
@pastorshandonevangkimlaellis5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video!Hey,I like that!Cold cuts! No Bologna,just science!LOL!
@quietone7483 жыл бұрын
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.
@JeffersonLab3 жыл бұрын
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'.
@JeffersonLab3 жыл бұрын
Since other people have asked the same thing, we've uploaded the complete, unedited footage. You can find it here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ipiVg616zM-1k2Q.html.
@Vanshika23232 жыл бұрын
I've missed it twice. But hope to see the next😫
@endorarivera86142 жыл бұрын
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.
@fatimaariza15962 жыл бұрын
Why is it so difficult for them to survive?
@sierraw9882 жыл бұрын
It shouldn’t be that difficult for them to survive if you’re raising them indoors. If you’re keeping the cage clean, taking caution, and protecting them from outside predators, you should have a pretty hight success rate. In the wild they have a difficult time surviving due to climate change, pesticides, lack of food and habitat, and predators such as tachnid flies who lay their eggs inside caterpillars.
@ShadowXSonicXPokemon Жыл бұрын
Real life footage of Caterpie evolving into Metapod then Butterfree
@sheliaheverin8822 Жыл бұрын
I never get to watch the actual change. The last one I checked and an hour later he had turned into a chrysalis.
@TimWesley Жыл бұрын
Your Pokémon caterpie is evolving into metapod!!! Nice
@localhero86347 жыл бұрын
amazing video and amazing audio thanks!
@akaCol19874 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
I think when they get to a right size they will , or just die
@SStrider753 жыл бұрын
What? Caterpie is Evolving!
@Cathy_MidwestHome_Hens2 жыл бұрын
Amazing footage!I did get a flashback to the 80s of what it was like to pull on pantyhose
@ESSBrew9 жыл бұрын
I has one milkweed plant, and 5 of these guys ate all the leaves and died because of lack of food :(
@madelinestrasburg39634 жыл бұрын
Why didn’t you get more milkweed...?
@rickhirsch19894 жыл бұрын
3:15 it looks like it’s dancing lol
@TotallyGoodatGames4 жыл бұрын
I always envisioned caterpillars' metamorphosis to be a bit more elegant and less...uh, unsettling.
@tiny_m0w4 жыл бұрын
why is it unsettling?? because it sheds all of its skin?? just curious, not trying to invalidate your feelings or something.
@krmiistudios24792 жыл бұрын
Caterpie is evolving.
@DANIELLE_BREANNA_LACY2 жыл бұрын
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?
@JeffersonLab2 жыл бұрын
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.
@choccywater2034 жыл бұрын
So....... I just watched a Caterpillar undressing without its permission....
@hifiunicorn2 жыл бұрын
I had no idea this is actually how the chrysalis is formed. I'm so surprised!
@FrickinNugget Жыл бұрын
3:21 im sorry did the head just fly off
@KIKURAsky Жыл бұрын
It must be very hard It looks like it's about to give birth to it's kidney
@Xintheclouds3 жыл бұрын
"gotta fit. Gotta fit...."
@muhammadjadama17192 жыл бұрын
The cocoon was dancing
@QSnarf5 жыл бұрын
so cool! Thanks for posting!
@hunterhathaway74932 жыл бұрын
my friend lied to me and told me they were white and very hairy. worst mistake of my life.
@Austinn123411 ай бұрын
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.
@KokoGogo17289 ай бұрын
Is he shedding?
@cakebomb_xoxo3 жыл бұрын
Okay. But you didn't show it growing the chrysalis. You just faded out.
@JeffersonLab3 жыл бұрын
There is no growing of the chrysalis to show. What's seen as the skin peels away is the chrysalis.
@mk4713295 жыл бұрын
wow ! this situation looks like pokemon evolution. Nice video.
@hectichive8897 жыл бұрын
That's so creepy how it wiggles around at 3:30!
@Legendary_godzilla_20043 жыл бұрын
That’s the butterfly inside it trying to escape
@inthepinescreative13536 жыл бұрын
This is incredible. Nature is the greatest designer.
@Moonie95 Жыл бұрын
Very confused at what I’m witnessing.
@sayville_silver6 жыл бұрын
We cant get a sped up version of what happens between 3:48 and 3:50?
@JeffersonLab6 жыл бұрын
A sped up version isn't that interesting. It just contracts a bit, ending up with what's shown at the end.
@Sketchy_Girlie4 жыл бұрын
3:00 CLOSE UP
@joem27453 жыл бұрын
Eat a bunch of leaves, turn into a leaf.
@kurtsimmons9735 Жыл бұрын
You faded at 3:47, denying us a look at it becoming its final shape
@JeffersonLab Жыл бұрын
If you want to see the uncut version, you can follow the link in the description: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ipiVg616zM-1k2Q.html
@nanorepublic42005 жыл бұрын
I caught 8 of them but today I found a baby one and a couple of mine are in their chrysalis
@markhalvorson46312 жыл бұрын
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
@JeffersonLab2 жыл бұрын
Yes, it's under the skin.
@FireInTheHoleOfficial2 жыл бұрын
They are cute
@frien26386 жыл бұрын
I have one too but it not yet turning to a butterfly. How many day do it turning to a butterfly?
@JeffersonLab6 жыл бұрын
About 10 days.
@pizzahuuut-by9yk4 жыл бұрын
Someone probably made this joke but Caterpie evolved into Metapod!
@MyEarthEcoNut8 жыл бұрын
So cool! Nice editing too. The attachment from the caterpillar/chrysalis to the 'substrate' must be exceptionally strong. What is that made of?
@evoprod1237 жыл бұрын
Silk
@JupiMeow3 жыл бұрын
Is this real-time or time lapse? It's so fast!
@JeffersonLab3 жыл бұрын
Other than the cross dissolve at the end, it's real-time.
@TotalMishap7 жыл бұрын
Why did you cut the last part? That's the part I wanted to see.
@JeffersonLab7 жыл бұрын
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: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o9Bxd9aZqZnRo58.html
@cjplayz9387 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting..
@4kWanderlust6 жыл бұрын
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.
@BG_NINJA_692 жыл бұрын
*the Thumbnail looks like XXXTENTACION😭*
@Cow293892 жыл бұрын
Uhh how?
@NotBopEtc Жыл бұрын
what happened to their legs and eyes?
@JeffersonLab Жыл бұрын
My understanding is that their body essentially dissolves and is then reconstituted in its new form.
@NotBopEtc Жыл бұрын
@@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
@daloof4 жыл бұрын
Skipped right over the part I came here to see.... :(
@JeffersonLab4 жыл бұрын
Which would be which part?
@daloof4 жыл бұрын
@@JeffersonLab was expecting to see the formation going on in the chrysalis rather than skipping right over to the end when the wings are formed and the butterfly emerges
@kerryouellet53883 жыл бұрын
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.
@JeffersonLab3 жыл бұрын
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.
@JeffersonLab3 жыл бұрын
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.
@JeffersonLab3 жыл бұрын
You can find it here - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ipiVg616zM-1k2Q.html
@charlettogirl10158 жыл бұрын
How does the body fit in that tiny skin layer
@debbybridge7064 Жыл бұрын
How long is this process???
@JeffersonLab Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@JeffersonLab Thanks!
@jazminpedraza22544 жыл бұрын
Did the caterpillar just fell off the cocoon!?😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕
@JeffersonLab4 жыл бұрын
No, it shed its skin, revealing the chrysalis.
@Sparkster2173 жыл бұрын
Were those black strands its legs!?
@JeffersonLab3 жыл бұрын
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).
@muhammadjadama17192 жыл бұрын
Good dance moves
@curtflirt24 жыл бұрын
Pretty interesting how animals can do that
@SleepyFawn Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Sorry, but it doesn't sound good.
@SleepyFawn Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@JeffersonLab I'll go check!
@sillycheese3017 жыл бұрын
This is very disturbing.
@Getawaymoments7 жыл бұрын
Nice!
@Fishbolls9 жыл бұрын
Does it turn to mush then squeeze all of it into its head?
@missmissy578 жыл бұрын
About how long does his process take?
@JeffersonLab8 жыл бұрын
The video runs in real time. The jump cut near the end skips ~5 minutes.
@MODGNAR8 жыл бұрын
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.
@JeffersonLab7 жыл бұрын
+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.
@RODALCO20075 жыл бұрын
The whole process takes about 10 minutes. I watched one at the garden center. amazing to see the conversion happen.
@janet66974 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@nzshinevlog80693 жыл бұрын
this is fast forward right?
@JeffersonLab3 жыл бұрын
No. That's real time (other than the crossfade at the end).
@MeliPixie6 жыл бұрын
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?!
@JeffersonLab6 жыл бұрын
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.'
@MeliPixie6 жыл бұрын
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!
@renagade16644 жыл бұрын
That was really disturbing😳
@salamatdok32282 жыл бұрын
That's danger
@JeffersonLab2 жыл бұрын
No, it's normal.
@dexthemess37758 жыл бұрын
so the crysilis is extruded from its body?
@JeffersonLab8 жыл бұрын
+Destany Seymour Not exactly. The chrysalis is formed within the body and then the outer layer of skin is shed, revealing the chrysalis.