Swallowtail Butterfly Life Cycle - (Pipevine Swallowtail)

This video showcases the entire life cycle of the Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly, Battus philenor hirsuta, from mating to the emerging of the adult. Many time lapse sequences and extreme close-ups are included.

The soundtrack is "The End of Summer (CD Ver*)" from the "TimeShift" CD by Technician (yours truly), album and single track available on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/time... full artist discography and CDs available at HTTP://technician.jcmdi.com

Much more butterfly and moth video, photos and life cycle information at http://lepidoptera.jcmdi.com/index.html

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[iamngod]

My twins K homeschool class is studying the signs of spring so I bought a dutchman pipevine plant from a native nursery and they gave us a pipevine swallowtail caterpillar to raise. He just formed his sling in chrysalis preparation. I would like to show their class your awesome video since the rest of the students didn't have the benefit of living in our home and watching this process first hand. Thanks so much for your hard work....I am sure these budding scientists will appreciate it. :)

[jcmegabyte]

Hopefully their class has Internet access so they can see the show, but if not, do feel free to download/copy it (and any of my other educational vids) to a DVD or whatever for the whole class to watch in school... My stuff is free for non-profit educational purposes... :-)

[MinecraftBuilder404]

you should make a old world swallowtail life cycle video! :D

i have some right now!

[jcmegabyte]

Unfortunately I don't have those in my area, otherwise I'd definitely like to do a show on them too =) Cheers!

[CNPSchris]

Hello JCMegabyte! Your Pipevine Swallowtail Life Cycle video is fantastic! I volunteer at Elderberry Farms Native Plant Nursery in Sacramento County where we grow Aristolochia californica (the Ca Pipevine plant). We would like to show your video at an event in April 2013.  Would this be okay with you? Chris - cnpschris@gmail.com

[jcmegabyte]

I do allow free use of my material for non-commercial purposes. Please read the "Free Usage Policy" and "Notes for YouTube Video Makers" section in my website FAQ (links are in my channel description and banner) for the full scoop... If your usage fits within the non-commercial guidelines, then please feel free to download and use as much as you like directly from YouTube, and best of luck with your project(s)!  =)

[iamngod]

Sorry, it is actually CNPSchris.

[iamngod]

I am sorry, but I am not. I noticed that CNCPchris, who posted about 9 months ago, is in the Sacramento area. You might try contacting him/her. :)

[butterflies4ever23]

Are you in the Sonoma County, CA area, by chance? I've been trying to find a pipevine plant and would love to have caterpillars. I moved here from Kansas last year, and raised lots of butterflies, including swallowtails and monarchs. I haven't had any luck finding eggs or getting butterflies to lay eggs on my plants here.

[iamngod]

Thank you.....the students were very excited to see what our caterpillar's life is like from start to finish. They can't wait for Piper to emerge from the chrysalis to be a beautiful muted blue female or a vibrant blue male butterfly. Thank you again for helping educate the next generation!!! :)

[John Sider]

I would say yes if I were you. ;) Very nice work!

[awskwang]

I remember when I used to watch this so much 2 years ago xD you've got another subscriber