Monarch Butterfly egg hatching Time Laps

[Opalca]

Cute little bugger LOL

[alludaachile]

it looked like a cactus

[hippoturdlovaah]

Omg (0.0) IT'S SO CUTE!!

[meusisto]

How many real time did it lapse?

[angelakuo1]

"aww its like a little cactus :3"

//caterpillar comes out

"ew"

[homesteadbound3]

I used this video in an article I wrote:

homesteadbound.hubpages.com/hu­b/Macrophotography-of-Butterfl­ies

Thanks for making such a great video available.

[Pikafan2132]

NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM

[EisernerKnut]

I like the movie :) I've never that seen that before. (O_O)

[Eder830]

in my school we learn about butterflies

[meowchan06]

i thought it was a cactus...

[dark13death]

i have too much else to do... but i preffer this :3!

[juliecache]

how long did it really take?

[TheWatersocks]

I have nothing else to do.

[LezaRay]

Thanks for making this vid and posting! I've witnessed several cats eat their way out of their eggs (we raise several species of butterflies), but never captured it--like this, any way! :-)

[suzoo86]

cool!!!!!!!!!!!

[TonyStewartPhan]

The shells have nutrients that help the caterpillar im a kid :)

[gerardoortiz022697]

it was eating it way out

[Tsuguayme]

@selma676 Moths have cocoons which are like stringy textured. Butterflies have chrysalises, which are smooth and clear.

[PaulisFluffy]

NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM

[Licmycat]

How cute! Reminds me of my Orbies.

[miraxell]

Nano egg!

[Flankoful]

so CUUUUTEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

[doggielover1111]

NOM NOM NOM. Never-Failing Caterpillar Escape-From-Egg Method.

[caturdays]

wow! that is so cool!

[Fizzlesmirk]

I couldn't help but say the following:

Omnomnomnomnom

That is so adorable!

It's SO cute!

Then raping the replay button

[imlatinoguy]

I wonder how the NOM ing started since he is fully encased

[darknessahead520]

you can always tell the type of people who watch what video by what type of comment are the highest rated...

[bobipineman]

Cute! nom-nom-nom

[Temarinl]

that a very beutifull cocoon =/

[Ebob101]

That must be SOME yummy egg :P

[JJJ6035]

Excellent. Thanks for this.

[TheNintendoGalaxy]

@SuperEarthLover It's actually not a cocoon, it's an egg.

[OlgaKayRules]

Please dont say yuck! It was gross when you were born too so please be nice

[coke491]

yuck

[RabbityHop]

@coke491 idiot do u go science class?

[moneemayumi]

@punchmaster123 Do u go to school? When caterpillars hatch, they eat the egg because its full of vitamins and nutrients.

God ppl like u are dumb....

[monster906]

i have two monarch caterpillars ones a cryslias other is small

[27081993th]

Like it came out of a watermelon lol

[pureefficient]

Im curious as to the fact how can one determine the species of butterfly in the early stages if one were to stumble upon it. Iv noticed some catterpillers with coloration and exotic spikes,ect. Is it true that some are poisonous? If so what happens when they mature into adults

[mikaila31]

@pureefficient Usually they are easy to ID even when young. Probably the most helpful thing is what species of plant you found the egg or cat on. Certain species evolved to eat certain species of plants. Most cats. are technically poisonous if you are a bird trying to eat them. A few have defenses like stinging and biting. Some don't though, I have a video of 13 cercropia cats I raised and they have many spikes. The spikes are not actually sharp and the cat is only dangerous if you are a leaf =)

[ava196]

Nom! Nom for your life!! I have some eggs in my house that my previous Monarch laid. I'll have to keep an eye on them! I definately want to see this happen.

[Dogjy101]

yay, at my house in my garage, i saw some dead ones and alive ones so i rescued them today. i gave some leafs and water outside. now they r starting to grow

[sadgreen]

how was that huge caterpillar fit inside that egg

[seti43]

Hi nice close-up video of it!

[aliandjsmom]

that is prombaly his first meal

[InsrtWittyUsername]

Looks too big to have come out of that!

[shadowhunter388]

Can any of you that know about insects help me. I can't tell if their maggots or a worm or a catapillar. Its yellow small but kinda fat. It wiggles to crawl and has a black head. I don't know if it helps but I live in Anahiem, California.

[blooooo100]

@shadowhunter388 That would be a grub, nasty things. Lol hope that helped!

[xhappyxlifex]

it nom-nom-ed its way out

[meusisto]

@xhappyxlifex

What is nom-nom?

[SailorPerson]

@meusisto its like a chewing sound representing something delicious

[meusisto]

@SailorPerson

Thank you!

[captingin6]

its egg looks so cool o-o

[astromandan1]

Awesome!

[Starioshka]

OMFG! Super sized caterpillar on super sized leaves of apple tree! What eats humanoid creatures!

[julinhaluiz00]

iuuuu

[pcred562]

Nice footage! Amazing!!!!

[TwistedxxTransistor]

it is a hairy caterpillar.

[muffinkatsen]

so cute! I wonder if its egg shell tastes good to him.

[mrlegofan10]

why do caterpillars chomp a way out? huh?

[willizle02]

@mrlegofan10 cuz they cant rip it open, so they have to bite it open and then their like "yum, this barrier is quite delicious, i think ill eat it...

[shakeyshakey100]

@muffinkatsen they always eat em for some reason...

[kay3veno]

woahhhh :O

[jumpyduck]

oh wow! how cool!!!

[iiRUNshit]

lol

[merpette]

Win.

[davidtheboy778]

cool

[Soalric]

cool

[lucyyelding]

LOL

[reaperette]

awesome! i have some on my swan plant at the moment, they're eating their way to being a big butterfly.

thanks for sharing!

[RockyGemsCarly]

Wow!

[lmfaoxlizzie]

ew.

[QueenSemiramis]

They're actually kinda cute!

[seramonk]

CRAD its grose :S!

[zairemuse54]

eww.

[LueLime]

that is a rare find. u're lucky to have the record of ur own.

[Shazwesto]

Strange.....

[Surka89]

Aww it looks so cute ^-^ I wish i had one of them for a pet but i live in the UK :<

[UTo098]

yummy

[ta150029]

Thank you

[iceb131]

that was cool

[NOthinq3]

omg!!!!

such a little egg & this form given by nature

it´s magic :P

look at this perfection!!

i never saw something like this

woow

[JamesTravers2]

i want to see the butterfly itself!

[zayfoe]

OH MY GOD! CuTE!

[cydonianman]

chowin' down aint it? lol

[rosemarama]

We have a huge family of Monarchs in our back yard at the moment. They are sooo cute when they first come out of the egg! Thanks for this!

[starcraftpimp]

looks real cramped

[furbearingbrick]

Holy crap it's eating its own egg!

[jcmegabyte]

Excellent work!

[JamaicanQueen92]

thats just sooo cute lol

[mikenzak]

The movie was taken using a Digital Blue QX5 microscope linked to a PC via USB. It was then recorded using the time laps feature.

[moe29]

Great stuff, did you shoot this video? Would love to read some tech notes on how you did it.