The transformation of a Monarch caterpillar into a chrysalis is a fascinating process called metamorphosis, during which the caterpillar undergoes major changes to become a butterfly. Upon finding a suitable spot, the caterpillar spins a silk pad using a special gland near its mouth. This pad serves as an anchor. After creating the silk pad, the caterpillar attaches itself by its last pair of prolegs and hangs downwards in a J shape. This is a resting phase while it prepares for the next dramatic changes. As the caterpillar hangs, its skin splits at the back of the head and is gradually shrugged off upward, revealing a green case underneath—this is the chrysalis. As the old skin is completely shed, the chrysalis hardens and takes on a more jade-like color, with golden spots around it. Inside the chrysalis, the caterpillar completely transforms its body. This transformation includes digesting itself almost entirely to reform as a butterfly. This process takes about 10-14 days. The end of the transformation process is marked by the chrysalis becoming transparent, showing the black and orange colors of the butterfly within. When ready, the butterfly emerges, initially hanging from the split chrysalis to allow its wings to dry and harden after pumping them full of fluid. Once its wings are dry and hard, the Monarch butterfly is ready to fly off and start the cycle anew either by migrating or reproducing.
04/30/2024Submitter records a green cicada molting out of its former body as final part of its metamorphosis growth, hanging still in tree while waiting for its wings to unfurl and its exoskeleton to harden
08/18/2023Submitter records on timelapse while up close a cicada emerging out of its molt then stands still in place as its wings unfurl and change color as its exoskeleton hardens
08/01/2023Submitter records a locust pupa, hanging on a window screen, crack open as an adult one emerge out of its back. Staying still in place for a long time, it takes it time for its wings to fully unfurl and harden
07/24/2023Caterpillar turned into a butterfly and spreads its wings
06/14/2023It's a Plain Tiger Butterfly Emerging From It's Chrysalis. (I'm setting up a hostplants garden for Butterflies to help them populate.) [Timelapse Recorded in 4k]
11/20/2022No audio. Time lapse of Monarch caterpillar shedding its skin to reveal the pupa or chrysalis
07/20/2022A bug moth emerging from its cocoon in a time lapse video
06/07/2022Hello, i caught on camera metamorphosis of a insect called Palingenia longicauda or Tisa mayfly. It was recorded in the city Becej near the river Tisa.
05/12/2022Hello from Thailand! We usually hear these cicadas at least twice a day. They’re super loud and I’ve heard them throughout my life and I’ve seen the skeletons they leave behind very often but this is the first time both my auntie and I ever saw the process of skinning! (Probably not the right word for it). It was a really exciting moment for us. So exciting that we forgot about the food on the stove that got completely burnt. It was worth it!
04/08/2022A small hairy bug crawls out from the moth on ceiling
12/08/2021Black caterpillar with half of its body inside greyish shell or chrysalis hanging on a plant branch while raining
10/26/20213 min video of a Monarch butterfly emerging from its chrysalis state in a plastic cage.
09/20/20215 minute video of a Monarch Caterpillar becoming a chrysalis in the plastic cage.
09/10/2021I was filming for my School in a tropical zoo when this butterfly came by, i noticed I filmed it first when I got home and checked the footage. I only posted it on my Instagram my school did not get that footage so be free to use it
09/01/2021A cicada coming out of its exo skeleton. Sorry of its not a good video.
08/13/2021Gypsy moth cocoon, when you poke it, it wiggles.
07/08/2021A bug insect leaves out of its old skin at the tree
05/31/2021This is a cicada leaving its shell.
05/27/2021A small team of students recreated Transformer and I'm one of them :) feel free to cut any parts that might be too long for your video. The team is named FlexStudio but we aren't a studio, it's just a team name we use for school.
04/07/2021Some digital artwork I created and turned into an NFT. This digital artwork was created using a combination of computer generated imagery and real footage captured from the great Pacific sea of mother Earth.
04/07/2021This is a tenebrio molitor pupae in final stage of metamorphosis becoming a beetle taken from my mealworm farm that i grow at home. Brown worm cocoon shells in the yellow plastic container. Time lapse, day time, chopsticks, bug, insect, indoors.
11/04/2020