In this macro time lapse video, you’ll see the caterpillars of the Red Spotted Purple butterfly hatch from eggs. This butterfly lays single eggs on the tips of leaves of their host plants. Red Spotted Purple caterpillars will eat the leaves of many kinds of trees/plants, including Black Cherry, Poplar, Willow, Birch, and Aspen. The eggs in this video were laid on a Wednesday and hatched the next Monday. Because it’s late in the year, these caterpillars won’t form chrysalises yet - they’ll eventually construct a hibernaculum where they’ll spend the winter. Then in the spring they’ll emerge and continue growing as caterpillars.

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