Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle

Our butterfly bush (Asclepias curassavica, a.k.a. Mexican Butterfly Weed) is a butterfly magnet, with Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) frequently laying eggs under the leaves and dozens of caterpillars gorging themselves on their milkweed diet. This is my first attempt at putting my time lapse skills to the test to document the Monarch life cycle. Special acknowledgement goes to the perfect song for this project - Mr. R's Butterfly Metamorphosis Song.

[@my0my144]

I love this it's my favorite butterfly

[@allerimz]

Thank you for this song!
My son who is 8 yrs of age has a speech delay but not with this song!!
He found this video & let me tell you...he LOVES IT!
Sings it by memory & practices his pronunciation with conviction & above all, with love & joy!
Thank you again for this song.

[@SrElWavo]

That's great, thank you for sharing. My daughter studied speech, hearing and language sciences and plans to be a speech pathologist - gotta share your comment with her. The amazing song is from Mr. R. and was used with his permission. I'm very glad my video has been popular enough to promote it. Thanks again Mr. R!

[@gustavodiazdevivar]

great simple and easy to see the cycle in advance congratulations on this documentary

[@meauxfaux7484]

Really nice video...great time lapse shots...and the cutest caterpillar song ever! Love it!

[@alesjamsek1199]

So beautiful !

[@SrElWavo]

So glad you enjoyed it! That was a fun project. And what a great song.

[@emilamoralesleon5432]

👔🦋👔

[@meauxfaux7484]

Super cool, nice camera work! An amazing transformation. And cute song.

[@iasmim9156]

It's beatiful

[@emilamoralesleon5432]

👔👔

[@josenildasantos700]

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[@Wimpykidletsgopocoyomlpfan]

No just no