Egg to Polyphemus Moth
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- čas přidán 5. 03. 2020
- The life cycle of the Polyphemus Moth (Antheraea polyphemus). I found a female Polyphemus in the spring of 2018 in southeastern Manitoba and collected some of her eggs. I raised a couple of her caterpillars and released the adult moths the next spring.
Found one about 15 minutes ago on my porch on Camano Island, WA. I had never seen a moth so big! After watching I’m guessing it was a male with a 5” wingspan. Sounded like a bird flying around! I am still shocked at how big and beautiful these moths are.
I just found a cocoon in Snohomish, and now I feel like an expecting mom, since it won't come out till SPRING!!! I better make a safe space!!!
40% people end up by quarreling the difference between a butterfly and moth
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Perfect video! I found a caterpillar and kept her. She has now hatched and attracted a mate and laid eggs. I wanted to know what to expect. Thank you for this highly informational video
"A face only a mother could love?" was hella funny 🤣
This is such a cute little channel about insects and animals!
I just found one of these caterpillars yesterday so plump and beautifully colored
We got one in our backyard today as I got to hold it they’re so beautiful
I found one today in Ontario Canada. Amazing
found one 2 days ago and it was about 4 inches long. I out it in an enclosure with sticks and silver maple leaves. It wrapped itself up in the leaves on the first night now I'm waiting on it to emerge in about a month or so or six. I don't know if it will winter in there or not.
@@MissouriGuerrilla I just rescued one and it wrapped itself up in leaves the first night as well. What month did you find yours and did you have it all winter?
I'm so happy that I found this channel ! Awesome work pal ! Love it!
These videos are awesome! Such a treat to get to witness the life of these insects. Thank you!
Stunning photography and excellent explanations. Thank you so much for doing this.
I find it amazing that mush can turn into such beautiful fur and hairs inside a cocoon!
I just saw one of these beautiful moths yesterday at my condo door in Jacksonville, FL. This is the 3rd year in a row of seeing them a couple of feet from the front door. They're so beautiful! Thank you very much for this fascinating video with so many little details. Wonderful.💖
Such a great video - we found one of these moths in our yard and now we know all about the mystery moth we found. Thanks! So educational!!
Thank you for such an informative video. The close ups were so helpful in my understanding.
Doug! You’re the best. Thank you for sharing this beautiful process with us.
I used to find their cocoons in the winter and then put them in the screen porch. When they emerged, the females would draw in males and mate through the screen. I had planted a sugar maple tree and gathered branches from it to feed the hatching eggs 1st instar larvae. I did this 1974-1982. Cranbrook Museum Nature Center put in a moth rearing cage in response to my successes. I was a long term volunteer there. I built clay models of the stages of development and won a prize in my Junior High Science fair two times, East Hills. I had created an insect collection and had perfect examples of this species from those i raised. One amazing thing happened, i forgot to put in new leaves for one brood and the catterpillars ate dried maple leaves that stunted their growth. A tiny cocoon was made and a Polyphemus moth with a 2" wingspan emerged! Even under great hardship they complete metamorphosis. I illustrated the moth and its stages for Cranbrook and they printed the drawings in ink on the museum signs to teach how the moth developes.
I loved this presentation!!
HAHAHAH HIS LITTLE FEET AS A CATERPILLAR. gosh. So cute.
Great video, thanks so much for posting. Watching this with my daughter.
Awesome video Doug! Thank you!
This was really freaking cool. I've only ever seen one polyphemus moth in the wild out here in Ohio by the door to my apartment. I promptly turned around and went back to my car and waited for it to leave. lol I didn't want it following me inside.
3:30 this caterpillar be like: I have an offer for you
That was wonderful! I came to this because I found one in my yard this morning and started doing some research!
This is one of the best videos on CZcams
I found one last summer and today it finally emerged and it's a boy!! I love the butterfly and moth life cycle and the ending transformation is just amazing!
Beautiful footage and close ups..great info. Thank you!!
Thank you for this. Beautiful
They are so beautiful in the sunlight. Their patterns are stunning. Love their eyespots
Their little feet are too adorable
Beautiful video creation ❤️
Thank you
This was absolutely gorgeous and precious
They’re so furry and adorable ❤️
LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!! Thank you for sharing that!!! That was REALLY NEAT!!!!
why am i watching this (when i have a fear of moths) again?
I'm scared of moths too, but I find it more bearable when they're far away from me. All the beauty without the horror lol
Thank you so much for the amazing videos!
Thank you so much for sharing these videos there beautiful to watch.
Thank you so much for the experience of watching this beautiful event.
All these videos are great
Its so cool when they flash their "eyes" at you.
Trully magnificent!
What a wonderful video, thank you for sharing!
wow this video was super relaxing and informative, what stunning creatures! thanks for the video
Wow!! Look at those gorgeous wings! How cool
Awesome! Love this!😘❤️
Actually found one last night on my Front porch. It's a female by your video. Beautiful, a little lighter in color. I guess depending on area. This was a slightly lighter brown. Sort of sand color. One of the biggest months I've seen.
Thank you, well done video. We found a caterpillar last fall.. I put him in our jar, thinking he would emerge as monarchs do. After research, we learned otherwise. All winter he stayed on our porch cocooned. Just when we all were giving up on him, he emerged! Actually, after viewing this video.. I believe we have a female. Excellent quick lesson you've provided for myself and 5yo :)
Beautiful video 🐛 thank you 🌸
These little guys look so fluffy… it’s really cute.
Hi, wonderful video! You did a great job with them, I'm in northern Michigan and found an adult Male in my yard on a tree, he was just stunning. I watched him for several hours.
It's my first time to see a caterpillar eating a leaves
This was BRILLIANT!! Really enjoyed watching this, thank you so much for filming then sharing it. I found a Polyphemus Moth a couple days ago on a piece of property we recently bought and I confess that while I liked ‘his’ bright green, I found his head less than attractive. 🤢 Kinda creepy, in fact. Fascinating, but creepy.😁 I watched him for a bit having to pick him up a couple times to reposition him to keep him from disappearing into the woods and I was quite surprised to discover how fragile he felt! I expected him to feel more along the lines of a gummy worm candy - solid like - but that wasn’t the case at all. He was very, very delicate and really needed to be handled carefully. I’m bummed now that I let him go on his way after watching your wonderful vid. I would have loved watching first hand his amazing metamorphosis. Hands down, nature/wildlife rocks!!
I found one at work that was on the ground. He couldnt fly off but his wings didnt look injured. He was so cool i had to show all my coworkers and then took hin back outside by the fence to the grass
Anyone else think they look like small tarantulas with huge, and gorgeous, wings?!
very pedagogic and great visual quality of the shots
What a great video. I haven't seen a polyphemus moth around where I live in near 6 or so years. I found one in the rain being pestered by a crow in our grocery store parking lot. I got out the car and grabbed her up. She had some wounds and was very still but alive. I took her home and set her in a plastic tub. She laid eggs in it and very immediately passed. I plan on hatching the eggs and raising to release. I miss seeing them more frequently. Thank you for the video very informative.
lovely video
Stunning to watch.
Great video! I found a male poly moth on my garage floor a few days ago. I hope he finds a mate.
Another great video!!! Keep up the great work!! You got my sub!! 💙💚💙💚
I was working in a town and saw one on the sidewalk, she had eggs and a chunk of her lower wing was pretty damaged. All i could do before work was put her in out little overgrown backyard under some leaves and hoped she had her eggs alright. I never saw the moths growing or anything but I like to think most of the moths made it.
The Radiance xD
What a beautiful video, thanks for sharing
beautiful ... they are so beautiful, they really look like a leaf from afar, but their beauty just grows and grows and every time i look at them, i find someting more fascinating and beautiful
So cute and fuzzy !!
She so so cute moth😍🐛🦋
Ours emerged this week here in central Texas. I sent your video to my neighbor who has a female on his front porch. Maybe he will raise a few.
Dude- I love your video. Me and my students found one on the black top today. She was so beautiful ❤️❤️❤️ First time any of us ever saw one.
They are really pretty and huge! I would totally deal if that was in my house. Thank you for a look at something I would never give a chance to in the wild. I am not a bug/insect/mite/etc enthusiast, but your channel may sway me on that.
I had one of those. I watched the whole life cycle from Caterpillar to Moth in my house.
wow, you are lucky! When I raised some IO moth caterpillars into adults, I was hope the two I had would be a male and female but they were both female, 😅. Its nice that you had a male and female.
They look so soft!
I saw one of these today in my back yard among my compost pile mixed with some small branches, and I thought at first that it was turkey tail mushroom, then looked closer and found it was one of these! First time I've ever seen one, or even known of them.
They are gorgeous in every state 😍
I found one a few years ago. It was in its late caterpillar stage. It stayed in its pupa until the following January.
For some strange reason, every time I see the hindwing eyespots on this particular species of moth, I'm always reminded of those contact lenses actor Michael Rooker was wearing for the scene where his character had turned before having to be put down, on that one notable AMC television series that everyone loves so much. I guess it's the sad-eyed expression look that is so similar.
nice
So cool!
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CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very nice video 👌👌
Thanks lot 🙏
Cool vid
Amazing creatures indeed! What a process! The end results are worth it!
What a cutie 😗💖
stunning
Beautiful creatures
진짜 잘 봤어요 이헌 아름다운 영상을 만들어주샤서 대딘히 감사합니다~
I just had one of these emerged today it's my first one of this type of moth. Usually I rear Eastern black swallowtail butterflies. However this one was found as a caterpillar and given to me by a friend last autumn.
Greetings from Toronto
I wish these critters weren't so transitory, they're one of a kind
amazing
Bees and Moths, my fav. creatures :)
so amazing and beautifulll
nice video
Wonderful
good job
they’re beautiful. getting one of these tattooed on me in the near future, i can’t wait
Moths are usually pretty cute ive noticed they’re very fuzzy but the fuzz is like soft how you would expect a blanket to be it doesn’t even feel like a bug
A face only a mother could love 😅🤣🤣😂
Haha that part is so funny!
i loved this video very much. Inever watched how catterpiller was breeded.Instead i have breeded once
I saw one of these caterpillars at the park once
The caterpillars are cute
Me: GORGEOUS
ALSO me: ewww