I filmed slow motion flight and time-lapse eclosion sequences of tropical butterflies, and give a behind-the-scenes tour of our museum's walk-in 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 pandemic-related 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
“Blue-frosted 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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