It’s fascinating how you can see the oversized abdomens of the new adult butterflies shrink over time as all the fluid gets pumped into the wings. It’s especially apparent with the monarch butterfly’s hatching.

@LieDetectorMusic

2 жыл бұрын

It would be nice if my oversized abdomen also shrunk over time as an adult 🤣😭

@revelationakagoldeneagle8045

Жыл бұрын

@@LieDetectorMusic Take Flight! ✌️ 😎

@user-mx4wm8qc9y

Жыл бұрын

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Fun fact: in Brazil (and a few other neighboring countries), the owl butterfly is also known as the "witch butterfly". Common folklore tells that they are witches in disguise, watching over people with the big eyes on their wings. I find it a really spooky and cool concept :)

@enricojorge9830

2 жыл бұрын

Vindo daí o nome popular: bruxão

@usupatuugames7442

2 жыл бұрын

Pootis bird

@FixedFace

2 жыл бұрын

"idiots kiIIing butterflies because of their witch eyes is a cool concept"

@butterflycatyt5917

Жыл бұрын

That's an awesome fun-fact, thanks!

@MxCat

Жыл бұрын

Not me living in brazil and not knowing abt this folklore ☠️

As you said the Blue morph is iconic and I knew it... but I never knew the underside of its wings was so beautiful as well!

@metalbaby4898

2 жыл бұрын

they’re my favorite :)

Thank you Dr. Adrian Smith we all love your moths and butterflies ! 🦋

It’s hard to believe something like the owl butterfly can exist. The eyes look like they’re made by an artist, they’ve got subtle shine on them and everything, but it’s just nature’s work and that’s it, crazy.

@AR15andGOD

10 ай бұрын

What? "But it's just natures work and that's it." Proof? That's called circular reasoning, where you assume the premise in the premise itself. You have no proof this is simply nature, all you do is say it. You even say yourself it looks like it was intentionally designed. But nope, it's just nature. Any evidence that it's just nature? I mean evidence, not just repeating yourself..

@serendipity9573

8 ай бұрын

​@@AR15andGODAny evidence that it is NOT "just nature"? Didn't think so. Do a bit of studying for once

Never mind how impressive it is that only one butterfly of the mating pair lifts their combined weight, I'M ESPECIALLY IMPRESSED that no body parts are snapped off during the process!! Almost brought tears to my eyes!!!!

@jo-han

2 жыл бұрын

Would you snap body parts of if you lifted your brother/sister? I guess evolution will guarantee this, since otherwise the species has a lot less chance of survival if body parts come of that easily :)

@markchip1

2 жыл бұрын

@@jo-han - you or I may well "snap body parts off" if you were attached only by your genitals!! That was the WHOLE point of that comment!!! (R/Whoosh anyone??)

@jo-han

2 жыл бұрын

@@markchip1 :) Lol, well in that case you have not yet googled men being suspended by their genitals. I do not recommend googling it though :). FYI being suspended by your head, 1 hand, 1 foot, just your head, breasts, suction cups or a big fishhook through the skin of your back also works..... Yet again, I do not recommend googling all of these.... :)

@mki441

2 жыл бұрын

Tears? Really?

@lepidlover0557

2 жыл бұрын

Well im sure the butterfly's body can handle the force of it's own wing beats 😂😅

its so interesting to compare this video to the moth video! despite both being lepidoptera, the two fly so differently!! i LOVE this

I love this stuff Adrian. Well done. So cool.

Your videos are fascinating. Thank you.

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2 жыл бұрын

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@akemifoxx2115

Жыл бұрын

Vc por aqui!! 🥰🥰

Gosh, I love butterflies so much. It's on bucket list to be able to witness a blue morpho with my own eyes one day. That cattleheart looks like it'd be right at home at a rave.

@deeptimohan172

2 жыл бұрын

I recently.saw one Blue morpho😍🦋

@kaylathehedgehog2005

2 жыл бұрын

@@deeptimohan172 Lucky!

Insanely beautiful coloring on those wings

These charming images of nature make my problems feel insignificant. Thanks for sharing these otherwise undetected beauties❤

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2 жыл бұрын

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We appreciate your efforts in filming theses moments. Thank you. Please keep doing what you love. You have our support. Good Luck!

Perfect video to watch before bed, the music and the slow-mo is so mesmerizing, i felt super relaxed as if i just meditated.

Thanks Always for your amazing vids. Always been a huge animal lover and conservationist, but you've really gave me an amazing appreciation for insects as well. Keep up the great work, I hope your rewarded!

I love these videos, they are so relaxing

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2 жыл бұрын

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They're so beautiful! Thank you for another amazing video! 👏

Thanks so much for showing us behind the scenes and those lovely images.

@osmia

2 жыл бұрын

Ditto. Thanks Adrian :-)

Such beautiful images of one of the world’s most magical creatures

Recommending your channel to EVERYONE! Much love from Germany ♡

I grew up in NC, and some of my fondest childhood memories are going to this butterfly exhibit in the science museum. Stumbled across this channel completely by chance, only to find this video and see that very exhibit is the source of these incredible videos. Really cool how, years later, you guys are still bringing joy and wonder to this butterfly lover.

Wow, so cool! I never quite realized how large butterfly wings are relative to the size of their bodies. Lovely captures.

Omg yayyyy butterflies! I'm so happy you did butterflies! Thank you :3!!! Amazing footage as always!

I've been there, that place is awesome

What a wonderful Christmas present this video is! :D

Even more stunning when watched with KZread play speed adjusted to .25 in the playback options. Your work is absolutely inspiring. Thank you for all you do.

Time stamp 5:05. The mirror of life. What is up is down. Beautiful capture. Ty. 😃😁😀 I also see the true meaning of becoming one with a mate as they form @ t.s. 4.36 & 5:07 a larger being. Marvelous!!! 🌀

Amazing videos. I am mesmerized by the soothing sight and music. Of course your explanations of each scene is a great bonus :)

These slow-motion flights look awesome~💞 Thank you for sharing this video~🤗

Yay! I love these beautiful treats of nature. Your work is sooooo wonderful. 🥰

Those colors on that Malakite... living art! And the way you capture it on screen🏆👍 Hope you post more after C. With regular content 1M subs would be easy

@alveolate

2 жыл бұрын

i just noticed that he had a collab with zefrank a while back. that's kinda amazing! i remember when he had 1/10th the current subs and was always getting comments about "underrated" and "underwatched".

Honest to god my eyes watered up at the spectacular beauty. Thank you for this.

nature creates all the wonderful things on earth !

Yes 💕 thank you so much! They look so lovelyy More of this please Adrian!

Very interesting as usual.

Fascinating photography showing crucial aspects of butterfly flight!

Beautiful animals. So glad I subscribed after the moth video.

deeply inspiring. thanks for capturing and sharing this fragile beauty

Thank you so much for these amazing sequences of beauty.

Could you show us a slow-motion video of insects chewing? I see the rapid action of a mantis' mandibles and often want a closer look.

Beautiful How that evolved is incredible.

Nature is crazy awesome. The eye spots even have white in them to simulate moon glow. It makes the world seem somehow planned out in a weird way. ☺️

I really love this video..it was amassing to see the blue morpho fliying!! thanks

It's so cool that you made it free! You are so cool and genuine and this is awesome

your work is really appreciated

A long waited video! Thank you for making my day!

I recommend The Butterfly Palace in Branson, Missouri. There is an entrance fee, but it is well worth it. They keep and breed hundreds of different butterflies in a huge indoor forest. When I was there, I just happened to be wearing red, which is the color of their feeding-flowers. I had butterflies all over me. It was the coolest thing.

Amazing work. Absolutely stunning!

braa i love ds vidoi

Butterfly is my favourite insect....

Evolution has even created the look of reflected highlights on the pupil motif on their wings. 👁 wow

What a wonderful video!! Thanks for sharing!

Wow butter flies are so cool and awesome in slow motion Also cool sloth

Awesome footage. Thanks so much!

Absolutely wonderful video! Gorgeous & marvelous butterflies! The colors and movements are fascinating. Your videos are packed with info! Thank you! Hope to make it to a butterfly sanctuary once travel is okay to do.

Like a slow motion ballet ❤

Such wonder!! And awe of nature. Thank you so much for sharing this beauty of flight and design with us. Also love your video of moths.

I LOVE YOUR WORK. IT IS BEAUTIFUL. THANKS

i love how you can kinda see the scales on the wings if you look closely, i think it's such an interesting detail about butterflies and moths

I think moths are beautiful too!

Your work is magnificent and a true joy to watch. Thanks a million

From France 🇫🇷 with lavender growing in the garden to provide nurture for ‘my’ butterflies. 🦋🌳🦋

How marvelous is this footage for us to better respect the beauty of these creatures!!!!!!!! I wish I could see this level with my real eyes. Kinda sad they are not free to enjoy a world made for them... you free them eventually right.

I grew up going to this museum and exploring the butterfly habitat, I never realized that this is where these experiments and videography were based out of!

so mesmerizing...

such beautiful creatures! :-)

I really love your channel ❤

So beautiful! Thank you for posting this.

Thank you for your video.

What an extraordinarily fascinating video. So pleased to have stumbled on it thank you.

i always get emotional watching these hahaha, this is so awesome !!! :)

I was at a conservatory like this one taking pictures of butterflies when two mating Blue Morpho’s landed on my hand. I tried gently moving them to a leaf on one of the trees and then to some flowers but they decided to stay for a while. So I calmly sat down and waited for them to leave on their own. Eventually the male took flight while holding on to the female and off they went. It was an amazing experience.

I went to the museum of natural history for my birthday the other day and they had an amazing butterfly conservatory, they had a lot of the same species seen in this video, it’s nice to see them in slow motion especially the blue morphos as they were very fast

Beautiful! Love these kidns of videos of yours

Hello from New Zealand! My daughter and I love watching your videos!

It's just crazy how massive the wings are in comparison to the body.

👍🏼 Definitely on the itinerary for North Carolina! (Maybe on the way to the Outer Banks!) 😎✌🏼

So mesmerizing

Marvelous work. You must feel like you are in a mystical heavenly domain far above to torturous world below.

Wow! More amazing videography!

Always wonderful ❤

4:35 almost looked like these two held hands for a second 😭

OMG THE NC MUSEUM!!! I used to go there all the time when I was little, I need to go back

Beautiful work!

Brilliant ✨✨✨ Thanks for sharing.

I am once again begging for a video on plume moths (Pterophoridae). I don't know if their flight has ever been captured in such beautiful slow motion, and I'd love to see it. Amazing work as always!

@midnitethedsixl4601

9 ай бұрын

He did a plume moth if you haven't seen it yet ^^

Thank YOU!

Yay! A new Ant Lab video!

👾 love your videos thank you ❤🙏

Wonderous!

Fantastic work.

Amazing wings view and great video on butterfly🦋🦋🦋🦋

This was so incredible to watch 🤩

Woah, those markings look like acrylic paint

God Is amazing to create these little flyers.

Beautiful 😍 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

insane video! keep it up

I hope one day I can visit yall, going to a museum like this is my dream!

Shout out from the Butterfly Vivarium in NYC!! 🦋

Straight f*cking and flying. Those Morphos know what's what. But real talk the profile shot of them with a mirroring so well-composed, stunning.