Blue Morpho Butterfly Emerges from Chrysalis

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Butterfly emerges from chrysalis. I've added some facts to the video for those interested in the procedure. I am currently working on a butterfly life cycle video that will show the pupating process as well as emerging from the chrysalis for several butterflies, so stay tuned for that :) I am adding facts to that video as well, so it should be pretty cool!

[@arktya]

That "big pee" wasn't pee at all, it was meconium, leftover tissue from back when the butterfly was a caterpillar

[@AbdullahArguerAlt]

blue morpho butterflies are one of my favorite butterflies

[@viregal9243]

Me too, morpho are one of my favorites too

[@kristen3308]

Thank you for this video! I'm going to show my third graders this today--we read a book about Blue Morpho butterflies this week.

[@Zooohclock]

+Kristen Zavar Yay, that's awesome! I'm glad the video helped! I think I'll always be amazed by metamorphosis, no matter what age :)

[@bobbyvalentino6773]

Its so bazaar how these creatures have beautiful shapes and symmetrical patterns alredy marked on their bodies, almost as if someone drew it 🦋

[@eddiejohnson3020]

"For every beautiful butterfly that falls from the sky, another one emerges from it's cocoon and learns how to fly!" -- Poet Eddie Johnson/ The New Modern Poetry Group via Facebook!

[@mero4318]

Thank you sooooooooo much for posting this...i read about it but it is my first time to actually see this

[@Zooohclock]

Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@umomo1947]

I wonder if pigmentation mutations could give a green morpho. I would love to see that.

[@originalname28]

Hate to break it to you but there is no blue pigment on the wings, just a structure evolved to reflect blue light and cancel out the others.
edit: typo

[@danperes2139]

omg, this is so amazing! life is incredible, isn't it? *-*

[@Zooohclock]

danie peres It really is! I learned about the butterfly life cycle so many times, and I still learned so much just watching them :)

[@viregal9243]

1:16 creepy 🦋😨butterfly
2:55 cute 🦋🤩 butterfly

[@cancatssurf]

wonderful video!

[@user-np7ym5ws6t]

Me thinking that its called a cacoon

[@monnellramsey]

he a thick boi

[@oliviamann556]

So the body gets smaller while the wings get bigger is because of the fluid inside them right?

[@mason3461]

The thing making the abdomen large is the fluid stored in it. They pump said fluid into the wings

[@tnapeepeelu]

Yes

[@antonysilverlim9383]

👍👍

[@atfstransformations7023]

Hm, you examined this from the Florida Butterfly Museum, right zooohclock?

[@dimashrizkyp6694]

Down worry it will got million views for another years

[@Polstok2024]

Chubby beeperfly

[@saskiavanell]

That's so cool!

[@Zooohclock]

Saskia Vanell yeah! :) it's pretty sweet

[@xmainsoulx]

How often do you have to go and capture live specimen to keep the inbreeding down? Also, what do you end up doing with all of these butterflies?

[@Zooohclock]

Hi, Bit of a late response but all of these were released into a butterfly garden in Costa Rica with two different enclosed gardens for the Blue Morphos. I'm not sure how many new individuals need to be added to keep down interbreeding (it would probably depend on population size), but since capturing butterflies in the wild is illegal there, all of these pupas were bought from suppliers.

[@rifoul]

bonjour j'aimerais savoir, c'est vous qui vous vous occupez des papillons ? J'aimerais partir de France et venir en amérique du sud pour en apprendre plus

[@scarletvalentina4456]

Muy lindo 🐛

[@nadinedeserces1438]

très intéressant vos vidéo j aime beaucoup les papillons en été j 'essaye de les prendre en photos et de les observé

[@Zooohclock]

Merci beaucoup :) J'aime les papillons aussi! Ils sont tres interessants.

[@paulagalvao3178]

Bues de lindas |

[@mewrongway]

Where can I buy those?

[@blueberry7383]

Is there a website where i can buy those butterfly species?

[@stepheninczech]

Evacuation com...

[@annaszdw9433]

mooi

[@Zooohclock]

Dankjewel :)

[@julichio6241]

Is nt it going extinct because of the sale? Why are you not freeing them? I don't really understand what is the purpose there

[@ethanbrowncomposer]

These are common blue morphos. They aren’t going extinct anytime soon. Releasing butterflies doesn’t really help the populations that much. It never works.