A Swallowtail Is Born

This morning six swallowtail butterflies broke free from their chrysalis but which one to put the camera on? I got lucky.The last time I picked the wrong one. Every summer my garden is invaded by these guys so i plant extra parsley and wait for the show. This is an Eastern Black Swallowtail. Enjoy the video and don't forget to subscribe to getawaymoments!!!

[@margui6224]

The butterfly is beautiful. Love its wings' shape. Thank you for sharing.

[@triciabyrne7761]

Breathtaking. Absolutely beautiful. Thank you! 🐛🦋

[@Getawaymoments]

Thanks for watching!

[@Getawaymoments]

Excellent, they become slightly translucent before the emerge. I also noticed that it almost always happens in the morning. Good luck!

[@jaytaylor7740]

Sublime. Fellow butterly lover here. Always good to know someone else is planting plants for the caterpillars. I've got one of these now feeding on parsley.

[@Getawaymoments]

Jay Taylor Nice! and thanks for watching.

[@animals4501]

The funniest thing about these is the *SQUIRRRRRT!* at the end, especially when it makes a mess.

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

wth

[@eliteumbreon9737]

Congratulations your medapod evolved into butterfree! Butterfree learned fly!

[@CHESTER_MUSICMAN]

Actually swallowtail butterflies are Beautifly

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

@@CHESTER_MUSICMAN I captured one today

[@NatureARTerutaN]

WOW - this is wonderful!!! Thank you for sharing this "nature's little gift"!

[@bataliakbf]

AMAZING!!! Thank you for sharing tiny aspects of our wonderful world through your gifts and talents. You always make me smile in wonder like a 5 yr old!!!! ~Kelly :)

[@silviacoturri7359]

Good to see this video today. I am feeling totally drepressed today, just want to die.

[@MsBaztastic]

Put a parsley plant on my porch. Got 3 black swallowtail caterpillars. I put them in clear plastic cups taped together with holes in the top cup, placed them on the window sill and fed them store parsley that I kept fresh in water. 1 died and two made chrysalises. I used a dab of E6000 to glue the chrysalises to a dry cup. I'm waiting now for them to emerge. Be sure not to let them get too hot. I killed my giant swallowtails caterpillars this way. The last time I raised a butterfly was in the 4th grade (I'm 44 now) but it was a spicebush swallowtail so I could play with it without it squirting stink juice on me.

[@thelegsonthebusgostepsteps7322]

This reminds me of that's SpongeBob episode. You know the one...

[@CHESTER_MUSICMAN]

Your Silcoon evolved into Beautifly!

[@wynautandwobbuffet5694]

Its metapod not silcoon

[@jorgetlatelpafavela2743]

metapod is evolving!

[@MoonchildCH]

That is so awesome! Thanks!

[@daisyahong]

I found some in my garden and decided to keep them until they hatch

[@robbiewood391]

Ahhh, yes, thanks for sharing! :)

[@FloridaLizardQueen]

This is awesome! Thank you for sharing.

[@Getawaymoments]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@1Lotusflower]

Totally awe inspiring

[@Getawaymoments]

I feel your pain, It took me months to get the video above. You should try Monarchs, they are a bit slower, but .......... but they hide.

[@Getawaymoments]

I have been growing parsley for months trying to get them, no luck, went out of town for a few days and boom the parsley is almost gone, now I have five caterpillars with tummy aches.

[@creativitystuffs]

Tummy aches??

[@Getawaymoments]

Thanks for watching.

[@zoyaleena]

how long did it stay in the chrysalis stage before it emerged? I have one on a tangerine tree and its been in chrysalis stage for 5 days now.

[@nicolasnogues1478]

Et oui chrysacier évolue en papilusion LOL

[@milkbread5036]

Incredible! How do you when they will hatch? Do they always hatch in the morning? What time was it? I just missed the one on my plant and wanted to time it better!

[@Getawaymoments]

Rachel B They usually hatch in the morning but not always. The chrysalis changes color and transparency right before they emerge. It takes loads of patience.

[@jennyparkhurst3200]

How long did it take? Mine went into their cocoons 10 days ago.

[@Getawaymoments]

Jenny Parkhurst They should go soon, mine went after a week or so. I think climate in your area will affect the gestation length.

[@pollyhorlander7389]

Rachel B watch the chrysalis. When you can see through it the time is near for them to eclose...the technical term for coming out of the chrysalis or “being born”, which tho not actually what’s happening, is an apt description for us regular folk.

[@milkbread5036]

@@pollyhorlander7389 thank you!!

[@TheModernEponine]

I am raising two swallowtail caterpillars right now! One is its 4th instar and the other is in its 3rd. Altogether my family is raising five caterpillars, and two of them are already in their chrysalises!!!

[@Lisa.G412]

I have 2 black tails that I found on my parsley. I kept them and now they r cocoons. The 1 hasn't been like that for 2-3 weeks and the other just changed over 4 days ago. How long will it take fpr them to become butterflys??

[@Getawaymoments]

A week or two. No exact time from my experience. Temperature/weather may play a part.

[@Getawaymoments]

Excellent! Send me a link if you get great video.

[@galamseyactiongroup821]

how long did it take to get out of its chrysalis?

[@Getawaymoments]

Hour .... or so.

[@andreamcgoldrick8962]

please advise as to size of chrysalis and time between that stage and next. I had 12 caterpillars in one dill planting and 3 in another. I am worried about what may have happened. Thank you from an anxious Mum! :-) :-)

[@marykinnamon688]

Once the caterpillar is ready to go into chrysalis they purge their bowels. Once they purge they scurry off to find a place to go into chrysalis. They can travel fast and far. The chrysalis stage is approx 10-18 days and the butterfly lives about 4-6 weeks.

[@pollyhorlander7389]

Andrea mcgoldrick protect them from wasps in the spring as they steal them to feed their babies! Sheers are a good thing to put over the plants or bring them in to a protected enclosure. I’ve made screened shelters, too. Those pop up laundry baskets are good, too, just slip it over the plant. I’ve only had one swallowtail but many, many monarchs .last fall. My swallowtail just pupated this morning!

[@shirleymaemattthews4862]

matapod to butter free !

[@fardstudio5771]

Shirley Matthews looks more like beautifly tho

[@smors2391]

there is one at my home, the top is opened, but there nothing inside, i think it gone :(, i didn't get to see it hath, cause i was at school

[@Getawaymoments]

Sorry. Keep your eyes open, they happen all the time you just have to find them.

[@smors2391]

@@Getawaymoments wait wat, so it's still there??, but i can see the inside and it's holow

[@smors2391]

@@Getawaymoments BUT THE CACOONS GONE

[@wynautandwobbuffet5694]

You just gotta start with a metapod do you

[@hosweelengangeline5562]

Gaint.moths.season.

[@Nighthawk6827]

That Black Swallowtail is a male because I saw that it has more bright yellow to his wing pattern. The Eastern Black Swallowtail is sexually dimorphic, so it’s easy to determine if they’re male or female by their wing pattern.

[@Getawaymoments]

Thank you! I've never learned how to check the sex of swallowtails.

[@Nighthawk6827]

@@Getawaymoments Your welcome. If you look up Eastern Black Swallowtail, the two genders of the butterfly will show. Fun fact: Monarch Butterflies have a way to check if they are male or female. Male Monarchs have two black dots on the lower wing when they open, the females don’t have it.

[@Getawaymoments]

@@Nighthawk6827 Interesting, I know the monarch trick, we have them all the time. Swallowtails don't visit as much. Thanks for watching!

[@luf4rall]

dun dun dun dun dun dun daa dun dun dun dun dun dun daa (pokemon joke)