I filmed slow motion flight and timelapse eclosion sequences of tropical butterflies, and give a behindthescenes tour of our museum's walkin tropical rainforest exhibit.

Check out https://naturalsciences.org/ for info about when to visit our museum and the butterflies. [Right now (Dec, 2021) the exhibit is closed due to pandemicrelated safety measures. But we're all hoping we can lift restrictions and get it open to all again soon!]

Content
00:00 owl butterfly
01:09 behind the scenes
02:22 timelapse eclosion
03:29 longwings
04:13 blue morpho
05:14 malachite
05:38 cattleheart
06:21 blue morpho

Butterfly species (in order of appearance)
“Owl butterfly” Caligo eurilochus
“Bluefrosted Banner” Male Catonephele numilia
“Heliconious Longwing” Heliconius hecale
“Monarch” Danaus plexippus
“Heliconious Longwing” (on left) Heliconius melpomene
“Heliconious Longwing” (on right) Heliconius hecale
“Blue Morpho” Morpho peleides
“Malachite” Siproeta stelenes
“Cattleheart” Parides arcas

Music licensed from soundofpicture.com

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