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Velda Pine Moth emerging - expanding wings

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Uploaded by on Aug 6, 2007

Realtime + time lapse video of a Velda Pine Moth (Coloradia velda) emerging from its pupa, then expanding its wings in 30x time lapse.

Original music soundtrack is "Composure (CD Ver*)" from the "TimeShift" CD by Technician (yours truly), album and single track available on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/timeshift/id416810514 full artist discography and CDs available at HTTP://technician.jcmdi.com

More butterfly/moth video, photography and life cycle documentary at http://lepidoptera.jcmdi.com/index.html

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  • My bad.. your Venonat evolved into Venomoth!!!!

  • Thanks for checking it out! =)

  • is it deadly?

  • Not at all - just looks like a hairy spider with wings :-)

  • it shat in it lelf.....laxitives?

  • That's all the waste fluid (called meconium) it didn't use during metamorphosis... It was saving it up for several months! :-O

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  • I can't tell you how much I appreciate people like you posting these wonderful videos. I adore moths- they're my absolute favorite animal. They are sorely underappreciated.

  • I know nothing about moths, but that has to be the most creepy and beautiful thing I've ever seen.

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  • @chelseachil its blood

  • @LurkerLizzy1924 ah well...i'm 2 metters tall and pretty solid/spory, but i am affraid of bugs :)) spiders are my biggest fear...or centipedes..or anything with too many legs...months are nice but i'm affraid of them too like thay are hairy and not ugly but erm.. strange shaped..how comes you are not affraid of them?

  • The Pokemon were indeed styled after insect life cycles.... thanks for checking it out! =)

  • looks like evolution of pokemon :) amazing, but grose too, i'm scarred of insects :(

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