To metamorphose into a moth or butterfly a caterpillar must first digest itself—but certain groups of cells survive, turning the soup into eyes, wings, antennae and other adult structures.
Lifecycle of a Chinese Luna Moth
Follow the growth of the Chinese Luna Moth (Actias dubernardi) from egg, to caterpillar, to cocoon, to adult. This 3-minute video covers approximately 70–85 days of development, filmed by insect YouTuber Adam Grochowalski.
Adam Grochowalski loves getting up close to insects
Adam Grochowalski is, by education, an analytical chemist, currently a scientific research worker at the Kraków University of Technology.
However, entomology, partly botany and photography, are the passions of his life. He tries to combine them into one and spends all his free time photographing nature, especially insects and plants.
His favourite field is macrophotography. He says, “I take photographs of insects mainly in nature, but I breed many species at home to be able to capture their various development stages. It’s wonderful if something crawls on the wall or the ceiling.”
Grochowalski’s work has been exhibited many times, both in Poland and abroad.
Check out the galleries of his work with other butterflies and moths, flies and wasps, beetles, plants and fungi, and more…
Scroll down to watch full 16-minute version of the metamorphosis of the Chinese Luna Moth.
Source: Grochowalski.pl
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