Giant Silkmoth Emerges/Expands Wings Realtime/Timelapse

This staged show was originally shot for compositing on a DVD project. Here we see the original raw footage in both realtime and timelapse. A male Euryalus SIlkmoth (Hyalophora euryalus) struggles out of his cocoon, and then expands his wings. This moth species typically has a wingspan of about 4-5 inches across from wingtip-to-wingtip, and is sometimes mistaken for a bat or small bird when encountered flying at night.

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[lilwaynerocksnigs]

how do u get one?

[jcmegabyte]

@lilwaynerocksnigs You might try visiting (Google for) "world's largest saturniidae site" ...they sell cocoons of wild silkmoths for emerging/rearing at home. Cheers!

[Eushawn20]

the wings were cool but the legs kind of creeped me out

[jcmegabyte]

It's interesting how much they look like tarantulas without their big, showy wings! XD  Thanks a bunch for vsiting =)

[PennyTraition]

I reared H.Cecropia when I was a young girl, but had problems with the larvae (not with the wonderful imago) when I reared them again afew years ago. I know Hyalophora will hybridise, like the Philosamia and Antheraea species. I would've liked to have tried A.Pernyi with A.Mylitta...don't know if it would be an easy pairing though...

Thankyou for the upload, your time-lapse photography is stunning, do you make the videos available to experts ? I think they would be found invaluable.

[jcmegabyte]

Hyalophora larvae can indeed be tricky to rear, although I've found that keeping them warm and dry really helps.

I post most of my work online for free (non-profit0 and commercial use as stock footage. I've also produced 2 DVD collections of my YouTube vids in higher-quality (all of which you can see on my website). I know of many teachers who use my vids directly from YouTube for classroom instruction as well. I'm glad my work is being enjoyed by so many others :-)

[madde751]

I have a silk moth pupae I think I have a red one

[Mepysto]

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[jcmegabyte]

Close :-) This moth (Hyalophora euryalus) is from the same genus as Cecropia (Hyalophora cecropia) , and in fact can be cross-bred with them, as well as H. columbia and H. columbia gloveri. This species was one of the first I ever reared (as a kid) and it got me hooked on the whole process of raising my own bugs for study. The whole genus is quite a treat to rear :-)

[TheLoveofButterfles]

Is this a Cecropia? It looks like one or a Glover's?

Amazing video... STUNNING!