@WutTheFukisThis I thought it looked somewhat like a taco shell XD It's actually a very tough silken cocoon that the caterpillar spins itself, which I partically cut open to expose the show inside. (No worries though, this didn't hurt pupa at all) :-) Thanks for watching!
@JcmdiStockFootage Haha good stuff, I used to do the same thing when i was younger. I like how it spins around in there. By any chance did it produce any silk?
@WutTheFukisThis They definitely do produce silk - that yellow taco shell is actually one long silk strand, spun into a VERY hard and dense cocoon shell. You can see the whole process in one of my other vids: v=R6VHbbQOUmA and a few others on my main channel as well (Saturnia albofasciata playlist).
@vanyisthebestbitch That's a good question... It would be interesting to get the bug's point of view, or maybe be able to ask it like Dr. Dolittle... until someone figures out a way, we can only wonder :-) Thanks for stopping by!
@Remolfm In this case, the cocoon shell has been partially cut away so we can see the pupa inside. In the wild, this would allow predators to easily attack and eat the pupa, but in the lab where I filmed this the pupa was perfectly safe and emerged as a healthy moth a few months later. :-)
Very well shot, great lighting and careful cocoon-slicing. Is this one of our native CA silk-moth species? My wife and I are just finishing our own silkworm-growing experiment (posted part one of the movie on my channel), and now on to part two (reeling the silk from the 250 cocoons, dying and spinning it into something useful, probably a small scarf :-)
@schwansongs Thanks for the visit and great comment! Yes, this is one of our wild CA natives, from the family Saturniidae - very closely related to domestic silk moth. As I understand it, many wild silkmoth cocoons CAN be used for their silk, though the quality of the silk nowhere as good as the domestic kind, usually being too coarse. Good luck with your project! =)
@meusisto Yes, the cocoon is normally sealed-up completely in nature. This one has been cut away to show the pupa inside, which is safe for the moth since there are no predators in the lab/studio to eat them as there would be in the wild. :-)
@meusisto Cutting the cocoon open without harming the caterpillar/pupa inside takes a lot care and practice... I use a small pair of surgical scissors, and slide one blade into the "valve" (head) end of the cocoon along the inside surface, being careful not to even touch the bug. I have to nibble-away small bits of the shell until I get enough removed to see inside. :-) Cheers!
Evolutionary biologists are beginning to work out the mystery of how a complex life cycle like caterpillar- chrysalis - butterfly evolved. If you want to read the details try Richard Dawkins excellent books like " The ancestors tale " or Talkdesign org or Evolutionfairytale website, Also try PZ Meyers website Pharyngula or Potholer54 channel on youtube for more excellent videos
I remember when I was a kid....in my school there were a bunch a tree's and plants...I saw a cacoon but I thought it was a fruit and I bit it open and a freakin' insect flew out....I crapped my self...and didn't touch cacoon like fruit for years....
It was tricky - the cocoon shell is very tought - I had to use a small pair of surgical scissors, and cut VERY carefully to avoid injuring the pupa inside :-) Thanks for checking it out!
Most of the "real" magic is happening inside, and unfortunately I can't get in there to see it. The changes on the outside are pretty strange, too, as the caterpillar morphs into a weird little package in which it completely reforms itself. Fascinating critters, bugs... Thanks for checking it out!
@a9bomb I read your comment while hearing the music in the beginning of the video and cracked up xD the caterpillar is doing the truffle shuffle to the video! Lol
I'm pretty sure they get exact feedback regarding how long the ads run before viewers leave or click the skip buttons... Google is famous for collecting every little bit of data like that... Oddly, I've actually let some of the skippable pre-roll ads run if they are interesting/funny/entertaining and I haven't seen them before. When advertising is done well, it benefits both the viewer and the advertiser. Too bad more ads aren't interesting or well-placed to that degree...
They can only produce silk as a caterpillar. Once they metamorphosize into a pupa and then an adult, they are an almost completely different bug, and can no longer make silk, but they can fly - which I think is a good trade! =)
I don't have any time lapse of this species doing the long-term development, but you can find footage of that in two of my other vids; The California Dogface and the Painted Lady butterfly life cycle vids. You can find them in the videos sidebar of my main channel =)
Woah! So that is what happens inside? That is very fascinating. I had no idea it sheds it's caterpillar skin first and then creates a new pupa shell for when it is ready to become a moth. Wow. Very good to know.
I definitely thought it was cool to see this part of this moth's metamorphosis happening without the cocoon shell hiding it, but interestingly, most butterflies hae no cocoon and do this right out in the open, so they can be readily abserved. The REAL magic (which is impossible to film) goes on inside the pupa itself, where the caterpillar basically liquifies itself and then re-forms into the adult insect, which emerges after it's fully developed. Fascinating stuff! :-)
Some horror movie monsters are based on insect life cycles, which isn't too surprising when you see something like this which appears to be turning inside out! XD Thanks for visiting!
In this phase of the moth's life, it's basically a gooey soup inside the pupal case. After a few months, the moth developed into its adult phase and emerged, mated and finished its life cycle for the full life cycle documentary I have posted here :-)
Definitely it will (and did emerge just fine)... The cocoon is a protective casing that helps prevent the pupa from being attacked by predators, and provides a certain amount of shielding from the elements as well. Otherwise, it isn't needed - especially in the lab/studio where it is kept in a very safe environment. Interestingly, butterflies don't make cocoons at all - they just pupate right out in the open, and rely mostly on camoflage for protection :-)
I'm pretty well done documenting this species, but I have lots more already online in case you'd like to see some others. Insect life cycle phases are interesting; it seems like each phase makes a shell of some sort, develops inside of it, then emerges from it to start the next phase. The caterpillar basically makes a new skin under the old one, pretty much liquifies itself inside, then molts the old skin while it transforms into a pupa. That liquid then reforms into the adult butterfly. :-)
It's an interesting process... First, the caterpillar grows a new skin under the old one, then it molts the old skin revealing the new, soft pupal skin, which then slowly forms to the new shape and hardens into a shell. Inside the pupal shell, the insect essentially liquifies itself down to a thick soup of cells. During metamorphosis, that soup slowly biulds into a new form - the adult insect. When it's fully developed, it cracks-open the pupal shell and crawls out to start the cycle all over.
Part of it is... the whole pupation and internal changes are a long and on-going process. The cellular changes start happening before the final molt and continue all the way until the adult butterfly/moth is fully formed and ready to emerge. Once the pupal shell has hardened, the insides become more and more liquified until there is little solid material left. It may take several days before most of the solid material is dissolved. =)
@jcmegabyte no probs. ive taken an interest in moths and butterflies since i saw my first ones. OMG the moth i saw was such a beautiful mix of orage colours... i was annoyed though when someone killed it! it was laying eggs as well!
that was back in primary school adn THANKFULLY the eggs fell into the grass. so at least they were safe!
Yep... this normally goes on in the more-or less sealed cocoon, completely out of sight. In nature, the cocoon is important for the moth's survival. However, there are no predators in the lab/studio, so it can pupate safely out in the open, just like a butterfly does. This particular moth remained a pupa for about 4 months, and then emerged as a healthy female in October of the same year. :-)
That's one of the most interesting things about the pupation process - just prior to molting, the caterpillar has already started re-forming itself into a new shape - the shape of the adult moth, all neatly compacted into the pupal case. The moth develops from the liquid inside, its new body fitting exactly into the shape of the shell. It then separates from the shell, emerges and expand its wings - and it's ready go! :-)
And this poor Butterfly. I somehow don't beliefe that he lifed much longer than some seconds after this clip! Or is it in the end natural that the cocoon is open? Makes me thinking, but it seems like something went wrong for it ...
Many parts of insect life cycles are rather hideous in some ways. That's probably why so many horror movie monsters are designed after them XD The cocoon helps protect the pupa from predators and weather, but isn't needed at all in a captive enviroment. After pupating (shown here) this female white-streaked silkmoth hibernated all summer. 4 months later in the fall she emerged, mated, and laid all her eggs before dieing of "old age" a few days after. The adult moths only live a few days. :-)
@JcmdiStockFootage mhhhm, just that they stopped a few moments after the metamprhosis was a little unexpectet. *g*
the ugly part is, that you see it's bowel or ovary or whatever this white stuff is and the feeler are glibbering. ;) In the end it isn't seen in nature. so both, the moth and the eruca ain't ugly ...
And i'm not shure if it doesn't also protect it against bacteria and stuff?
The white-ish stuff is actually fat that the caterpillar stored, and is all it has to live on for the rest of its life since the adult moth can't eat. Pupae are most vulnerable to insect predators like ants, spiders and wasps. However the cocoon isn't sealed very well at one end, so microscopic organisms can easily get in. It isn't a perfect protective scheme, for example, it can help promote mold growth if it gets really wet for a long time. I've found a number of dead, moldy ones in the wild.
Imagine humans do it. You're like, turn into a dry corpse, and then the next moment, you break open your own skull and move out of your dry skinny corpse >.> Congratulations, you've metamorphed into a butteruman XD.
Was it just me pushing my laptop further and further away from myself with the D: expression on my face O_O;;; And is still rather confused about how i got here whilst watching cake videos D:
Wouldn't it be interesting to step into the shoes of other creatures and see/feel things from their point of view... Liquifying yourself and then reforming into another shape has got to be quite the experience! :-)
The definitely do react to stimuli, not only during the pupation phase, but they can also do a little wiggle while in the diapaused (hibernation) state as well, if disturbed. Whether their reactions are due to conscious decision or a basic simple nervous system response (or somewhere in between) is pretty-much a mystery. It's thought that diapaused pupae are "triggered" into development by temperature, humidity and even daily light levels (photoperiod). Fascinating critters to study! =)
@jcmegabyte it sure looks it too! I'll be prob scoping out your vids from sometime to come! have alot of catching up to do around YT...but I been around more now. In Portland, wasnt around for mnths.
For the most part that's the pretty much true. However, there are so many thousands of species with so much variety that you can't always tell by just that one factor. Thanks for checking it out :-)
For the most part that's true. However, there are so many thousands of species with so much variation that you can't always tell by just that one factor. Thanks for checking it out :-)
That pretty-much covers it! XD They are basically just bags of juice, without much structure internally. Once the new skin hardens they are more solid though.
The cocoon is really just a protective shell to keep it from being attacked by wasps, ants, birds, etc. They are quite edible to just about every hungry critter out there. In the wild, one of these pupae without a cocoon wouldn't last long, but in the protected environment of the rearing lab it was quite safe, and happily emerged as a healthy adult moth about 4 months later. Interestingly, butterly pupae don't have cocoons - they just hang out in the open, using camoflage for protection. :-)
Yes, that's pretty much it. The new skin forms under the old one, which takes a coupld of days. When the caterpillar is ready, it molts the old skin and then waits a couple of hours for the new one to "dry" and harden before it resumes eating and growing. While the new skin is still fresh, the caterpillar is exteremely vulnerable to attack by predators.
Pretty much... and it can be a really LONG puberty too, since some butterflies/moths can remain in the pupal form for 5-7 years which is huge compared to the rest of their life cycle phases. Good thing they don't get acne! XD
......i think the head part of both forms are going to be in my nightmares tonight considering how the molted shell of the head looked like it was exploding and then it was replaced by something that looked like it should belong in a horror movie just.... extra super sized......*shiver*
so the cocoon was opened and this is what is happening inside? it didn't disturb anything? i think the whole process is amazing...thank you!
jkdaugherty1 18 hours ago
how did i get here!?
xTC1996 2 days ago
creeeeeeeepy
TheUlia11 6 days ago
Awesome!
MORNINGBEAR201 1 week ago
Watch this at the same time tch?v=fVBMHnF-gPk
jdwdfw 1 week ago
Kakuna!!!
use your HYPERBEAM!!!! oh wait...
88KoKonuts 2 weeks ago
Quick Bear Grylls! Before he flies away!
jerz211 2 weeks ago
is he/she rolling around in a corn chip?
WutTheFukisThis 3 weeks ago
@WutTheFukisThis I thought it looked somewhat like a taco shell XD It's actually a very tough silken cocoon that the caterpillar spins itself, which I partically cut open to expose the show inside. (No worries though, this didn't hurt pupa at all) :-) Thanks for watching!
JcmdiStockFootage 3 weeks ago
@JcmdiStockFootage Haha good stuff, I used to do the same thing when i was younger. I like how it spins around in there. By any chance did it produce any silk?
WutTheFukisThis 3 weeks ago
@WutTheFukisThis They definitely do produce silk - that yellow taco shell is actually one long silk strand, spun into a VERY hard and dense cocoon shell. You can see the whole process in one of my other vids: v=R6VHbbQOUmA and a few others on my main channel as well (Saturnia albofasciata playlist).
TheNatureStation 3 weeks ago
it must be really painful.... it is ?
vanyisthebestbitch 3 weeks ago
@vanyisthebestbitch That's a good question... It would be interesting to get the bug's point of view, or maybe be able to ask it like Dr. Dolittle... until someone figures out a way, we can only wonder :-) Thanks for stopping by!
JcmdiStockFootage 3 weeks ago
holy shit on a stick batman!
too right robin
HitSomeACID 4 weeks ago
eat it
gibbcurt 1 month ago
so adorable!! wobble wobble wobble
JunLiga 1 month ago
@JunLiga Yes indeed - that's quite a dance they do! XD Thanks a bunch for stopping by! =)
jcmegabyte 1 month ago
my first though "eeeew" my second though "awesome"
itisme61 1 month ago
@itisme61 Funny how nature can be both gross and amazing at the same time XD Thanks for stopping by ! =)
jcmegabyte 1 month ago
man dat was ugly !!!
Crush3dI 1 month ago
DAT EBOOL THING KILLED POOR CATERPILLAR ·O·
traumacenterfan10 1 month ago
EWWWWW IT SHEAD ITS HEAD
okputussy 1 month ago
Had to b the creepiest moth ive ever seen
BeastFromTheDepths 1 month ago
im not even asleep and this is giving me nightmares
throwingstick 1 month ago
epic music for such a dirty thing
JeanCoubat 1 month ago
What... Is the camera inside the cocoon??
Remolfm 2 months ago
@Remolfm In this case, the cocoon shell has been partially cut away so we can see the pupa inside. In the wild, this would allow predators to easily attack and eat the pupa, but in the lab where I filmed this the pupa was perfectly safe and emerged as a healthy moth a few months later. :-)
JcmdiStockFootage 2 months ago
Very well shot, great lighting and careful cocoon-slicing. Is this one of our native CA silk-moth species? My wife and I are just finishing our own silkworm-growing experiment (posted part one of the movie on my channel), and now on to part two (reeling the silk from the 250 cocoons, dying and spinning it into something useful, probably a small scarf :-)
schwansongs 2 months ago
@schwansongs Thanks for the visit and great comment! Yes, this is one of our wild CA natives, from the family Saturniidae - very closely related to domestic silk moth. As I understand it, many wild silkmoth cocoons CAN be used for their silk, though the quality of the silk nowhere as good as the domestic kind, usually being too coarse. Good luck with your project! =)
JcmdiStockFootage 2 months ago
Is it visible? Don't the caterpillar hiddens entirely itself in the cocoon?
Also, I think it should have at least 3 minutes, so that one could watch better the metamorphosis.
Thank you very much
meusisto 2 months ago
@meusisto Yes, the cocoon is normally sealed-up completely in nature. This one has been cut away to show the pupa inside, which is safe for the moth since there are no predators in the lab/studio to eat them as there would be in the wild. :-)
TechnicianMusic 2 months ago
@TechnicianMusic
Oh i see. Thank you for the answer. Btw, how does one cut it? Can a simple knife cut it without hitting the moth?
Thanks
meusisto 2 months ago
@meusisto Cutting the cocoon open without harming the caterpillar/pupa inside takes a lot care and practice... I use a small pair of surgical scissors, and slide one blade into the "valve" (head) end of the cocoon along the inside surface, being careful not to even touch the bug. I have to nibble-away small bits of the shell until I get enough removed to see inside. :-) Cheers!
JcmdiStockFootage 2 months ago
Oh god....It's having a seizure!
SonicFan977 3 months ago
i just developed down syndrome
TheLetter31 3 months ago
subscribed!
iMtHeOne53 3 months ago
Caterpee using string shot to cover itself in a cocoon so he can become a Metapod.
OfficialJerla 3 months ago
Is it in a taco shell
mariquana912 3 months ago
Why am I watching this when I'm deathly afraid of squirmy insects? @_@
Evilgenius60 3 months ago
better than porn
jayjoetube14 4 months ago
love this vid
p33hjayy 4 months ago 2
@p33hjayy Thanks so much for stopping by - glad you enjoyed it! :-)
jcmegabyte 4 months ago
@jcmegabyte It would be fun if you make the Metamorphosis of an Pupa of an Mealworm turning into an Beatle
mattieboy12321 3 months ago
@mattieboy12321 If I ever get some I may give it a go... =)
jcmegabyte 3 months ago
@jcmegabyte hes sha pupa hes sha pupa i love pupa and pie
mattgar1000 1 month ago
haha looks like me sleeping in summer time... turn turn turn, get rid of blanket, turn even more, wiggle wiggle
UnderTheLilyShadow 4 months ago 9
@UnderTheLilyShadow It does a lot like it's trying to get comfortable! XD Thanks a bunch for watching =)
jcmegabyte 4 months ago
Gratz, your disgusting little maggot caterpillar is now a disgusting little maggot dildo.
WyvernZack 4 months ago
Evolutionary biologists are beginning to work out the mystery of how a complex life cycle like caterpillar- chrysalis - butterfly evolved. If you want to read the details try Richard Dawkins excellent books like " The ancestors tale " or Talkdesign org or Evolutionfairytale website, Also try PZ Meyers website Pharyngula or Potholer54 channel on youtube for more excellent videos
zytigon 4 months ago
@zytigon JESUS RULES!!!!
DJTrell07 3 months ago
so weird
O_o
blahhhblahhblahhh 4 months ago
so he keep on rotating and rotating until "I feel dizzy''
lastheat32 4 months ago
@lastheat32 Yea that would definitely get me dizzy and probably motion sick as well! XD
jcmegabyte 4 months ago
Lol, i got more grossed out by watching this rather than watching a person pop his own cist XD
tsukiomilover 4 months ago
Starcraft. Zerg.
coldfyre18 4 months ago
what the fuck wheres the god damn moth
kunyfunt 5 months ago
So basically if the caterpillar never got hurt the cocoon would be unnecessay.?
GuruGulu 5 months ago
Yep. In the lab where they are protected from predators and the elements, they get by just fine without the cocoon :-)
jcmegabyte 5 months ago
it just looks like predator.... kill it before it kills you
MaerosXXVI 5 months ago
Thanks for checking it out!
jcmegabyte 5 months ago
KILL IT BEFORE IT GETS TO THE LIGHT BULB!
gu1targ0d44 5 months ago
metapod!!!!!! lmao
Mo0nLitee 5 months ago 18
Yep - pretty much! XD
jcmegabyte 5 months ago
@Mo0nLitee Seriously, I had to google metapod lmao
MachiavelliSS 5 months ago
I remember when I was a kid....in my school there were a bunch a tree's and plants...I saw a cacoon but I thought it was a fruit and I bit it open and a freakin' insect flew out....I crapped my self...and didn't touch cacoon like fruit for years....
VlzHyPnOtIzTzlV 5 months ago
Sometimes there are parasitic wasps inside these cocoons, too... best to be careful when handling wild-collected ones...
jcmegabyte 5 months ago
how did you cut open the cocoon?
macintosh315 6 months ago
It was tricky - the cocoon shell is very tought - I had to use a small pair of surgical scissors, and cut VERY carefully to avoid injuring the pupa inside :-) Thanks for checking it out!
jcmegabyte 6 months ago
wow it would probably win in a beauty and dance contest
MouseNibble 6 months ago
It certainly would - especially at a monster's ball! XD
JcmdiStockFootage 6 months ago
wow !!1 if u look closely at that things head, it looks precisly like a predator :D check it out :D:D:D!
AniRexxiuS 6 months ago
Most of the video is just the caterpillar doing the truffle shuffle
a9bomb 7 months ago 13
Most of the "real" magic is happening inside, and unfortunately I can't get in there to see it. The changes on the outside are pretty strange, too, as the caterpillar morphs into a weird little package in which it completely reforms itself. Fascinating critters, bugs... Thanks for checking it out!
jcmegabyte 7 months ago
@a9bomb I read your comment while hearing the music in the beginning of the video and cracked up xD the caterpillar is doing the truffle shuffle to the video! Lol
jasmini101 6 months ago
I'm pretty sure they get exact feedback regarding how long the ads run before viewers leave or click the skip buttons... Google is famous for collecting every little bit of data like that... Oddly, I've actually let some of the skippable pre-roll ads run if they are interesting/funny/entertaining and I haven't seen them before. When advertising is done well, it benefits both the viewer and the advertiser. Too bad more ads aren't interesting or well-placed to that degree...
jcmegabyte 7 months ago
will it still produce silk at a fly?
aznthunderdude 7 months ago
They can only produce silk as a caterpillar. Once they metamorphosize into a pupa and then an adult, they are an almost completely different bug, and can no longer make silk, but they can fly - which I think is a good trade! =)
jcmegabyte 7 months ago
Video of the rest do you have also watch the face the skin or shell or whatever change as the moths antenae shape forms I wanted to see the rest.
Sara3346 7 months ago
I don't have any time lapse of this species doing the long-term development, but you can find footage of that in two of my other vids; The California Dogface and the Painted Lady butterfly life cycle vids. You can find them in the videos sidebar of my main channel =)
jcmegabyte 7 months ago
It's like a walrus haha so cute
ChubbyGirlSwag 7 months ago
Funny how they do somewhat resemble the those big chubby mammals XD thanks for checking it out! =)
jcmegabyte 7 months ago
i came here cuz the thumbnail looked delicious
flyingspacepotatoes 7 months ago
kewl!
soerism 7 months ago
Thanks for watching! =)
jcmegabyte 7 months ago
Woah! So that is what happens inside? That is very fascinating. I had no idea it sheds it's caterpillar skin first and then creates a new pupa shell for when it is ready to become a moth. Wow. Very good to know.
Densebrains 8 months ago 3
I definitely thought it was cool to see this part of this moth's metamorphosis happening without the cocoon shell hiding it, but interestingly, most butterflies hae no cocoon and do this right out in the open, so they can be readily abserved. The REAL magic (which is impossible to film) goes on inside the pupa itself, where the caterpillar basically liquifies itself and then re-forms into the adult insect, which emerges after it's fully developed. Fascinating stuff! :-)
jcmegabyte 8 months ago
The cacoon looks like a hard taco shell!
Juicedrinkz 8 months ago 2
It definitely does - and even feels like one, too! XD
jcmegabyte 8 months ago
Talk about "gross science".
SigurdHeathen 8 months ago
Some horror movie monsters are based on insect life cycles, which isn't too surprising when you see something like this which appears to be turning inside out! XD Thanks for visiting!
jcmegabyte 8 months ago
This is highly interesting :)
MrRootbrian 8 months ago
Thanks so much for watching! =)
jcmegabyte 8 months ago
Caterpee evolved into Kacoona!!!
idgaf about the spelling xP
WTFGiordan 8 months ago
@WTFGiordan, Caterpie evolves into Metapod :P
lyon689 8 months ago
Not sure if they dream, but humans certainly have disturbing dreams about THEM! XD Thanks for checking it out =)
jcmegabyte 8 months ago
where is the moth ?
3VOIII 8 months ago
In this phase of the moth's life, it's basically a gooey soup inside the pupal case. After a few months, the moth developed into its adult phase and emerged, mated and finished its life cycle for the full life cycle documentary I have posted here :-)
jcmegabyte 8 months ago
Will it still be able to change even with part of the cocoon cut away?
NHarmonik 8 months ago
Definitely it will (and did emerge just fine)... The cocoon is a protective casing that helps prevent the pupa from being attacked by predators, and provides a certain amount of shielding from the elements as well. Otherwise, it isn't needed - especially in the lab/studio where it is kept in a very safe environment. Interestingly, butterflies don't make cocoons at all - they just pupate right out in the open, and rely mostly on camoflage for protection :-)
JcmdiStockFootage 8 months ago
OMG He's in a taco shell!!!!!
Popius13 9 months ago 2
It does look an aweful lot like a yellow corn tortilla shell! XD
jcmegabyte 9 months ago
omg that wow so gross i was tring to eat icecream!
animallover5326 9 months ago
When are you going to make another one? And about the pupation, they just liquidize themselves, and they shrink to make a pupa?
Quilava42 9 months ago
I'm pretty well done documenting this species, but I have lots more already online in case you'd like to see some others. Insect life cycle phases are interesting; it seems like each phase makes a shell of some sort, develops inside of it, then emerges from it to start the next phase. The caterpillar basically makes a new skin under the old one, pretty much liquifies itself inside, then molts the old skin while it transforms into a pupa. That liquid then reforms into the adult butterfly. :-)
jcmegabyte 9 months ago
@jcmegabyte So it makes liquid to make a pupa?
Quilava42 9 months ago
It's an interesting process... First, the caterpillar grows a new skin under the old one, then it molts the old skin revealing the new, soft pupal skin, which then slowly forms to the new shape and hardens into a shell. Inside the pupal shell, the insect essentially liquifies itself down to a thick soup of cells. During metamorphosis, that soup slowly biulds into a new form - the adult insect. When it's fully developed, it cracks-open the pupal shell and crawls out to start the cycle all over.
jcmegabyte 9 months ago
@jcmegabyte So in the pupal stage it's liquid? Before it becomes liquid, it stays the same like it's skin?
Quilava42 9 months ago
Part of it is... the whole pupation and internal changes are a long and on-going process. The cellular changes start happening before the final molt and continue all the way until the adult butterfly/moth is fully formed and ready to emerge. Once the pupal shell has hardened, the insides become more and more liquified until there is little solid material left. It may take several days before most of the solid material is dissolved. =)
jcmegabyte 9 months ago
thats just 10/10 amazing!
DemonShadowification 9 months ago 2
Truly an amazing feat of nature - and not something most people ever get to see... Thanks so much for the view and nice comment! =)
jcmegabyte 9 months ago
@jcmegabyte no probs. ive taken an interest in moths and butterflies since i saw my first ones. OMG the moth i saw was such a beautiful mix of orage colours... i was annoyed though when someone killed it! it was laying eggs as well!
that was back in primary school adn THANKFULLY the eggs fell into the grass. so at least they were safe!
DemonShadowification 9 months ago
Dude, that's awesome. Nature is so cool
i1der88 9 months ago
Thanks for checking it out! :-)
jcmegabyte 9 months ago
im...confused...
definedforever 9 months ago
i fucking hate butterflies... they're beasts. they're scary.. my biggest phobia. :S
krazistephanielima 9 months ago
it looks like a mini walrus
misterawsomeman 9 months ago
It kinda does - those antennae do look a bit like tusks! XD
jcmegabyte 9 months ago
Glorious is God
SalamSonsOfAdam 10 months ago
hold on.....is that a cut-open cocoon???
choongd 10 months ago 2
Yep... this normally goes on in the more-or less sealed cocoon, completely out of sight. In nature, the cocoon is important for the moth's survival. However, there are no predators in the lab/studio, so it can pupate safely out in the open, just like a butterfly does. This particular moth remained a pupa for about 4 months, and then emerged as a healthy female in October of the same year. :-)
jcmegabyte 10 months ago 2
@jcmegabyte why does the moth look like a chrysalis after hatching?
derrickwei30 9 months ago
That's one of the most interesting things about the pupation process - just prior to molting, the caterpillar has already started re-forming itself into a new shape - the shape of the adult moth, all neatly compacted into the pupal case. The moth develops from the liquid inside, its new body fitting exactly into the shape of the shell. It then separates from the shell, emerges and expand its wings - and it's ready go! :-)
JcmdiStockFootage 9 months ago
I couldn't help but cringe while watching this. Anyone else?
paradigmshift360 10 months ago 2
that was kind of ugly.
And this poor Butterfly. I somehow don't beliefe that he lifed much longer than some seconds after this clip! Or is it in the end natural that the cocoon is open? Makes me thinking, but it seems like something went wrong for it ...
cutelionx 11 months ago
Many parts of insect life cycles are rather hideous in some ways. That's probably why so many horror movie monsters are designed after them XD The cocoon helps protect the pupa from predators and weather, but isn't needed at all in a captive enviroment. After pupating (shown here) this female white-streaked silkmoth hibernated all summer. 4 months later in the fall she emerged, mated, and laid all her eggs before dieing of "old age" a few days after. The adult moths only live a few days. :-)
JcmdiStockFootage 11 months ago
@JcmdiStockFootage mhhhm, just that they stopped a few moments after the metamprhosis was a little unexpectet. *g*
the ugly part is, that you see it's bowel or ovary or whatever this white stuff is and the feeler are glibbering. ;) In the end it isn't seen in nature. so both, the moth and the eruca ain't ugly ...
And i'm not shure if it doesn't also protect it against bacteria and stuff?
cutelionx 11 months ago
The white-ish stuff is actually fat that the caterpillar stored, and is all it has to live on for the rest of its life since the adult moth can't eat. Pupae are most vulnerable to insect predators like ants, spiders and wasps. However the cocoon isn't sealed very well at one end, so microscopic organisms can easily get in. It isn't a perfect protective scheme, for example, it can help promote mold growth if it gets really wet for a long time. I've found a number of dead, moldy ones in the wild.
jcmegabyte 11 months ago
Imagine humans do it. You're like, turn into a dry corpse, and then the next moment, you break open your own skull and move out of your dry skinny corpse >.> Congratulations, you've metamorphed into a butteruman XD.
NYtassu 11 months ago 2
I'd do it... if it meant I could fly afterwards! =)
jcmegabyte 11 months ago 2
@jcmegabyte Hahaha! Now that I think of it, that could be how angels are born XD.
NYtassu 11 months ago
@jcmegabyte Me too, definitely. :D
grace7777 9 months ago
@NYtassu I like it, it will be nice to make it to a movie, will be better if mixed with zombie chaos theme :D
modalnolrupiah 10 months ago
i wanna smoke this thing
Mettwurst1stGott 11 months ago
Was it just me pushing my laptop further and further away from myself with the D: expression on my face O_O;;; And is still rather confused about how i got here whilst watching cake videos D:
BerryAdorkable 11 months ago
Hmmm... yes this is an oddly unrelated-to-cake sort of video.. gotta wonder about YT's logic sometimes! XD
JcmdiStockFootage 11 months ago
what? caterpie is trying to evolve!........... tap b to cancel ...................
congratulations your caterpie has evolved into a metapod!!
enematrocoya 11 months ago 35
I always find it amusing how Pokemon are loosely fashioned after lepidoptera :-)
jcmegabyte 11 months ago
@jcmegabyte but you have to admit it is funneh
enematrocoya 11 months ago
@enematrocoya lol i think that one died
1stGlitchhunter 11 months ago
Do a barrel Roll
AngellGaby 1 year ago
lol it's cute but scary
jaquan123ism 1 year ago
Nature can indeed be both at the same time - many SciFi movie monsters are based on insect life cycles :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
so cute
nuntachaiaree 1 year ago
Thanks so much for stopping by! =)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
I wonder what it's like for them...
alicewendon 1 year ago
Wouldn't it be interesting to step into the shoes of other creatures and see/feel things from their point of view... Liquifying yourself and then reforming into another shape has got to be quite the experience! :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
@jcmegabyte It would! Do you think they are concsious when they do this, or is it like going into hibernation? Do they react to outside things?
alicewendon 1 year ago 3
The definitely do react to stimuli, not only during the pupation phase, but they can also do a little wiggle while in the diapaused (hibernation) state as well, if disturbed. Whether their reactions are due to conscious decision or a basic simple nervous system response (or somewhere in between) is pretty-much a mystery. It's thought that diapaused pupae are "triggered" into development by temperature, humidity and even daily light levels (photoperiod). Fascinating critters to study! =)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
very cool
landtoseasandiego 1 year ago
This was one of my best HD close-ups... I hope to re-do some of my older stuff in HD eventually :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
@jcmegabyte it sure looks it too! I'll be prob scoping out your vids from sometime to come! have alot of catching up to do around YT...but I been around more now. In Portland, wasnt around for mnths.
landtoseasandiego 1 year ago
sooo moths spin a cocoon whereas butterflies don't?
poeticromance 1 year ago
For the most part that's the pretty much true. However, there are so many thousands of species with so much variety that you can't always tell by just that one factor. Thanks for checking it out :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
For the most part that's true. However, there are so many thousands of species with so much variation that you can't always tell by just that one factor. Thanks for checking it out :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
so so SQUISHY LOOKING
TheSago005 1 year ago
That pretty-much covers it! XD They are basically just bags of juice, without much structure internally. Once the new skin hardens they are more solid though.
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
HOLY COW!!!
lampacafe 1 year ago
Perhaps a little closer than you wanted to get? :-) Nature does some pretty amazing things... Thanks for checking it out!
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
@jcmegabyte :))))))))
lampacafe 1 year ago
OH FUCK THAT'S JUST FUCKING NASTY I HATE CATERPILLARS AND IT'S JUST EWWWAHHEGOLEJTWVYE5TNW4T5GBW5BGTISHORHGLYILTIR!!!!!!!!!!!!
xKING777x 1 year ago
wow! I'm really impressed. but why is it that the caterpillars do not die when the cocoons are opened?
doggielover89 1 year ago
The cocoon is really just a protective shell to keep it from being attacked by wasps, ants, birds, etc. They are quite edible to just about every hungry critter out there. In the wild, one of these pupae without a cocoon wouldn't last long, but in the protected environment of the rearing lab it was quite safe, and happily emerged as a healthy adult moth about 4 months later. Interestingly, butterly pupae don't have cocoons - they just hang out in the open, using camoflage for protection. :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
scary shit
horbergaren 1 year ago
Thank you! You've answered a question I've had since I was five. I never knew exactly what happened inside the cocoon.
Ez3monie 1 year ago 4
Glad I could help! Thanks for watching and commenting :-)
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
so it takes off its skin and then hardens??
chucky666jack666 1 year ago
Yes, that's pretty much it. The new skin forms under the old one, which takes a coupld of days. When the caterpillar is ready, it molts the old skin and then waits a couple of hours for the new one to "dry" and harden before it resumes eating and growing. While the new skin is still fresh, the caterpillar is exteremely vulnerable to attack by predators.
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
basically this is puberty for the caterpiller..
gymnastlaxerdiver6 1 year ago
Pretty much... and it can be a really LONG puberty too, since some butterflies/moths can remain in the pupal form for 5-7 years which is huge compared to the rest of their life cycle phases. Good thing they don't get acne! XD
jcmegabyte 1 year ago 8
@jcmegabyte I wish I had spent my puberty sleeping in a silk cast. it would have been a lot less stressfull.
f00tstep 1 year ago
HUH?!?!?! where is the butterfly???
Crusoe92 1 year ago
It's in there.... but it won't be coming out for 1-2 years XD
jcmegabyte 1 year ago
......i think the head part of both forms are going to be in my nightmares tonight considering how the molted shell of the head looked like it was exploding and then it was replaced by something that looked like it should belong in a horror movie just.... extra super sized......*shiver*
x0Thage0x 1 year ago