Santa Clarita and Northern Los Angeles County Area
Butterfly and Moth Site
AVI/MPG/FLASH Videos
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Insect movies - Click the picture to view. Videos hosted by YouTube.com
Latest Videos:
 YouTube: Gabbs Checkerspot Butterflies Mating, 720p HiDef |
 YouTube: Lorquin's Admirals - close-up mating, 720p HiDef |
 YouTube: Lorquin's Admirals - close-up mating on hand, 720p HiDef |
 YouTube: Hyalophora euryalus emerging in Realtime and timelapse, 720p HiDef |
 YouTube: Becker's White Life Cycle in 720p HD! |
 YouTube: California Butterflies in the Field 2008 (720p HD) |
 YouTube: California Dogface Butterfly Life Cycle (720p HD) |
 Painted Lady Butterflies develop and Emerge in Time Lapse |
 Great Purple Hairstreak life cycle documentary |
 Searching for Becker's White |
 Hunting Ford's Indra Swallowtail |
 Indra Swallowtail pupations |
 Pima Orange-tips emerging |
 Hemileuca electra emerging, mating, scenting, ovipositing |
 Saturnia albofasciata females ovipositing |
 Saturnia albofasciata Mating and hand pairing documentary |
 Saturnia albofasciata male emerges and expands wings |
 Baiting and hand-pairing Saturnia albofasciata in Juniper Hills, CA |
 Pipevine Swallowtail pupates (Time Lapse) |
 Caterpillar fails cocoon building 101 (time lapse) |
 Pipevine Swallowtail Caterpillar Molts (Time Lapse) |
 Gabbs Checkerspot Emerging from Chrysalis |
 Pale Swallowtail 2nd Instar Larva At Rest |
 Western Sheepmoth Mature Larva |
 Pipevine Swallowtail Larva Spins Loop (Time Lapse) |
Older Videos:
 Nevada Buck Moth Group Molt Time Lapse |
 5 Sonoran Blues emerge in time lapse |
 Coloradia velda emerges in time lapse |
 Apache Fritillary feeding time |
 Complete Euryalus Silkmoth Life Cycle |
 Complete Saturnia albofasciata Silkmoth Life Cycle |
 Complete Pipevine Swallowtail Life Cycle |
 Spectacular Butterflies Animated Slideshow |
 Amazing Moths Animated Slideshow |
 Fascinating Caterpillars Animated Slideshow |
 Papilio indra minori emerges in time-lapse |
 Sonoran Blue emerges in time-lapse (2 sequences) |
 Pacific Green Sphinx 2 larvae molt in time-lapse |
 Saturnia albofasciata 3rd instar larva molts in time-lapse |
 Pipevine Swallowtail emerges in time-lapse (2 sequences) |
 Saturnia walterorum expanding their wings (3 sequences) |
 Saturnia walterorum baiting in the San Gabriel mountains |
 Saturnia albofasciata cocoon building in time lapse |
 Catocala junctura larva hatch and feeding documentary |
 H. electra mojavensis 1st instar larvae herding in time lapse (1) |
 H. electra mojavensis 1st instar larvae herding in time lapse (2) |
 Arctonotus lucidus egg hatches under the microscope. |
 Saturnia albofasciata egg hatches, recorded under a microscope |
 A Gulf Fritillary larva pupates, and adult emerges in time lapse. |
 Phoebis sennae larva pupates and emerges in time lapse (2) |
 Phoebis sennae emerges with help, in time lapse |
 Hemileuca maia weird abdominal movements, extreme close-up. |
 Hemileuca maia weird abdominal movements, extreme close-up.(2) |
 Hemileuca maia female expands her wings in time lapse |
 S. Albofasciata mating pair on a qtip, female gets active and male hangs-on |
 Female S. Albofasciata activates shortly after lights go out |
 S. Albofasciata mating pair female activates as soon as light is reduced |
 S. Albofasciata female emerges from cocoon (2 sequences) |
 H. electra clio wing expansion, 3 different sequences |
 H. electra mojavensis female searches branch for place to oviposit |
 Saturnia walterorum female expands her wings (mostly) in time lapse |
 Several Red Admirals emerge and expand their wings in time lapse |
 Nymphalis milberti emerges and expands its wings in time lapse |
 Euphydryas chalsedona mating courtship in Bouquet Canyon, 2006 |
 Baiting Hemileuca burnsi near Phelan, CA in Sept. 2006 |
 Baiting Hemileuca eglanterina at Mt. Frazier, 2005 |
 Hemileuca eglanterina larvae active and feeding (realtime) |
 Hyalophora euryalus female oviposits on finger (realtime) |
 Time lapse showing Phoebis sennae larva activity/pupation/ eclosure. |
 Time lapse showing Rothschildia cincta larva spinning its cocoon. |
 Time lapse showing Hemileuca eglanterina 1st instar larvae "herd" procession on host. |
 Hemileuca elglanterina group "twitch" larval defensive behavior, appears synchronized and timed! |
 H. eglanterina 3rd instar larva shedding into 4t hinstar (time lapse). |
 H. eglanterina 4th instar larva "backrolling" to expand its spines. (in realtime) |
 Antheraea polyphemus adult Emerging from pupal case + blood pumping. (in real time) |
Antheraea polyphemus adult "inflating" its wings after emerging from cocoon in time lapse. |
 Saturnia Mendocino female ovipositing her eggs in real time. |
 Saturnia Mendocino male inflates his wings after emerging, in time lapse. |
 Saturnia Mendocino female inflates her wings after emerging, in time lapse. Nice! |
 Coloradia velda pupa, freshly molted, contorts into its final shape. (real time) |
 Nymphalis californica adult emerging from chrysalis (in time lapse). |
 Vanessa atalanta adult emerging from chrysalis (in time lapse). |
 Papilio eurymedon larva shedding final skin to pupate in time lapse. |
 Papilio eurymedon larva (2nd one) shedding final skin to pupate (in time lapse). |
 Papilio eurymedon larva spinning its "noose" or "suspension loop" (in time lapse). |
 Gulf Fritillary larva shedding final skin to pupate in time lapse. |
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