Red Admiral Butterfly emerges and expands wings (time lapse)

A Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) emerges from its chrysalis and expands its wings, in time lapse. Much more butterfly/moth video, photography and life cycle studies available free to the public at HTTP://jcmdi.com

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[AgentSnowball]

wow! i found this really big one in my backyard

[jcmegabyte]

They can be surprisingly common in places, and once in a while a caterpillar does really well in the environment, which can result in a larger-than-usual adult butterfly. :-) Thanks for stopping by!

[carebearnmbr46]

I love Red Admirals!  We get them in our yard in the fall. They're frisky and feisty. : )

[jcmegabyte]

Interesting thing about this and other other species in the Nymphalidae family - males are quite territorial and will even try to chase away birds and large animals that enter their territory! They like to perch in places with a good view of their chosen space, and will even land on people/pets if they are positioned where the butterfly wants to sit! :-)

[linmira]

where do these butterflies live and when do they hatch? (like what time of year?)

[jcmegabyte]

Red Admirals (Vanessa atalanta) are found all over the US and Europe, most commonly where their caterpillar host plants (Stinging Nettle, and others) are found. Like most butterflies, they fly in spring and summer, but this varies a lot with season length; they can fly all year in southern latitudes where temps are warm all year. To the north where summers are short, they may only be found for a few weeks each year, in late spring/early summer. =)

[linmira]

thank you so very much!!

[jcmegabyte]

So glad you enjoyed - thanks for watching! =)

[MyWojti]

EXELLENT!!!

[Joshluver1234]

yea you can check out my channel of only ONE video (: im trying to see if i can time my video right to see if i can get another video of my 4 monarch chrysalises...hehe they are like all named (: *Jr. the most recent monarch i released i had found out later was a female (: the vains were deeply smudged identifiying she was a female.

-Morgan <3