Time-Lapse: The Metamorphosis of a Caterpillar Into a Monarch Butterfly

Michael Zhang

FrontYardVideo pointed a camera at a caterpillar and captured this beautiful time-lapse video of its metamorphosis. We see it feeding, turning into a chrysalis, and emerging as a monarch butterfly after about two weeks.

(via FrontYardVideo via kottke.org)

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