Monarch Caterpillar turning into a cocoon

[christiangirl878]

Do all caterpillars pupate in the winter?

[Pikafan2132]

Caterpie evolved into Metapod....

[SashSpace]

@triggermouse what is the music used, it's lovely

[fireheart331]

When caterpillars turn into a chrysalis, they shed their head of

[MrsOC5]

its called a chrysails you idoiot! NOT A COCOON!

[MudkipKirby]

@MrsOC5 You can't even spell idiot right, so shut up.

[MrsOC5]

@MudkipKirby I'm so sorry! My 7 year old son left that comment.....Your video is really cool and he's grounded : )

[Dolmify]

@MrsOC5 It's not his video, and that doesn't deserve a grounding :)

[andreadizon]

That's so cool! We had a monarch caterpillar on our tomato plant getting ready to turn into a pupa... he was hanging upside down already. I wish my kids got to see this happen. If not, I can just let them watch this video!

[sebastian2001ish]

it's a metapod (gasp) go pokeball yes i got a metapod

[Crakization]

who finds it funny how people compare Pokemon and these videos about insects?

[kirbyfan1005]

Not me, its coincidental because Pokemon is actually based on collecting insects, so it does make sense.

[doom2sgt]

Caterpie is Evolving

(Drum Roll)

Congratulations Your Caterpie Successfully Evolved into a Metapod......

[NitroMaximus]

Imagine being born twice! 2nd time with a nice pair of wings how kool!!

[timurlenkRO]

looks exactly like a zerg mutalisk cocoon

[XXXVIIIXCIV]

what happens to it at the begining!?

[evanescent95]

@XXXVIIIXCIV

It shed its skin.

Once it's inside the cocoon, it basically digests himself from the inside out. Yeah, it's not great :/

[wallacegaray]

I always thought this process took longer than 2 seconds..

[Jiraiya500]

LEGS? Where we're going we don't need LEGS!!!

[darknessahead520]

im not an insect biologist or whatever but i thought butterflies spat out a silk or something to cocoon themselves from ass to head, not shed a shell head to ass like a snake, inform me.

[silenceisgod]

@darknessahead520 Butterflies make a chrysalis, which is basically them molting and remaining inside. Moths make cocoons. 

[darknessahead520]

@silenceisgod ah donke =]

[TheCruserfixProject]

Caterpie - Metapod ;D

[LulzAreGud]

:O

[Haguatchi]

How long does it take exactly?

[kapoopoof]

The part that grosses me out the most is the outside of the caterpillar being shrunken and falling off. How does that work?

[iiHateSouljaBoy]

i used to find these alot as a kid. Id open them up. I found some interesting things inside lol

[kapoopoof]

@iiHateSouljaBoy Poor Caterpillar.....I didn't even get to be a butterfly XD

[HDxZerzavy]

@iiHateSouljaBoy Omfg, That comment was the most disturbing thing i've read in my life. I felt that urge of ew.

[iiHateSouljaBoy]

@HDxZerzavy Hahaha

[HDxZerzavy]

@iiHateSouljaBoy Like dead ass though >_<

[bodies72]

This.. This is amazing! I just thought that they, like, build it around themselves, but no, they turn into the thing.

[Nando111982]

Cool video!

[chick1random]

amazing! the music is great too!

[flintowndancer]

This is beautiful it made me appreciate my life!

[asfuckasgator]

cacoona use poison sting

[Mullikaji1]

@asfuckasgator Poison Sting ??

[goldaceofspades]

METAPOD!!!! USE HARDEN!!

[nybombs]

@goldaceofspades huh?

[MyrAge219]

comes out like a butterpopcorn

[handmiadenofgod]

This is really fascinating. 

[skejtarN]

i bet it will come out as a butterfree

[myqueensindel]

Looks really uncomfortable

[crackdatryu]

That caterpillar is cute as a pupa.

[Kittenswill]

Can somebody please tell me the song name i think it's absolutlyfrigginawesome! please anyone .

[sophiadagreat]

eew

[MrHAMMO987]

nature is awesome. five stars i love caterpillars

[MegaGamePlayers]

Song name?

[Pankeu]

I think he was arranging his pad in there.

He had to move his 5cm plasma screen TV, his sofa, his clothes, his stuff.

No wonder it took 3 hours. :)

[droserabinata]

Wow, that was pretty damn awesome

[bounty96]

Looks like some diseased penis gettin its foreskin pulled back

[therox94]

That's kinda creepy but cool. And do biologists know what caterpillars look like inside the cacoon?

[Tapecutter59]

@therox94 They turn into a liquid before reforming as a butterfly.

[suecarney]

Sorry, it's a chrysalis. Don't call people stupid. Excellent video!

[john01kid]

stupid its a cyrsilas not a cocoon

[mugspide]

nature really couldn't be cooler.

[F0STER91]

anyone ever wonder what the caterpillar looks like when its inside the chrysalis?

[patrickbstuart]

great idea for the "In The Womb" series

[fabitodd]

Isn't a chrysalis not a cocoon?

Nice video anyway :)

[souldude81]

Nope. A cocoon is only made by moth worms, The cocoon goes over the crystalist. Catapillars only make a crystalist.

[Springprayer]

Thanks. I didn't know there was a difference.

[rubybunny1]

i found 2 monarch caterpillars today and i bought a butterfly box with breathing holes and i put some grass with sticks and the plant they were on in the box and my dad let me put one in their,

[mentalistic14]

thats pretty interesting

[EnvyAbomination]

It looks painful

[Hollowdevil22]

how we know is the time that caterpillar wan 2 change 2 cocoon ??

[WciDVbpST2mX]

I don't remember too well, but my class did an experiment where we bred monarch caterpillars and I think my teacher said that they go to the highest spot they can, and hang upside down in a J formation.

[darthjay13]

Moth caterpillars make cocoons and then make a chrysalis inside it and this is making a chrysalis.

[cherryicecreamguyWTF]

Thats just how unique the Monarch is. I think the queen does it too.

[VTVrider]

This stunning.. how did you capture it ? I'd like to know...

[LeannelovesFullmetal]

wow... =)

[GomuGomuDragon]

Actually it's not a cocoon. Cocoons are made out of silk and spun around the insect. Chrysali sort of "grows" out of the insect. They're pretty cool.

[wiley207]

Well inside the chrysalis once forming is another caterpillar, which from what I heard, melts down inside the shell and reforms into the butterfly. I've seen a few Gypsy Moth caterpillars make chrysalids like that, but others just make flimsy silken cocoons to cover their pupas.

[SSJ5G]

This video gives an explanation of how it goes from 0:06 to what we think of as the real Monarch crysalis.

I thought it naturally happened: I didn't think that the thing squirmed around more (I only looked at still pictures while studying how to raise these things.)

[waddleduckie1]

Unlike a cocoon, a chrysalis can become transparent in its final stage when the butterfly finishes developing and then breaks out.

[yoshi12370]

Caterpie evolved to Metapod! lol

[rmazing]

disgusting

[mrdavesmagic]

That was amazing!!! Great job on the video!!

[burkybang]

wow this was amazing

I have one of these at home and wondered how it loos

thanks for the video

[mrdavesmagic]

That was the best one so far!!! Thanks!!

[nayrusfire]

i envy you so much... thats great!!! what kind of camera did u use?