You Need to Know About This Caterpillar
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Citheronia regalis is a giant silk moth...though these don't actually produce silk, which is why it's better to go by their family name saturniidae. Citheronia regalis actually digs into the ground to pupate instead of building a cocoon, so...no silk.
There are over 2400 species of saturniid moths and each of them have this same life cycle. They stuff themselves with food during their caterpillar stage and then use their adult, flying stage only as a way to find a mate for the next generation.
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"A moth is anything that isn't a butterfly"
That awkward moment when you realise you're a moth
Me: swats at a bug flying around a lamp
My dad: what's all the damn noise!? I
Me: nothing new, just moths killing moths
I’m I a cannibal?
Only vegans aren’t cannibals.
@@typryor2227 Do you eat moths?
HonkyTonks Yes. I like to mothdogs 🌭.
How’s your lovelife?
Me: i’m a regal moth and today is my 7th day
OH....I felt that.
Then I hope you layed eggs yet, cause it is five days later...
dang it!
Loooooool
Title: You need to know about caterpillars.
Me, instantly: YOU BET I DO.
My exact reaction lol
Same haha
Also same.
Same Same Same
Relatable.
"I have no mouth, and I must scream."
- The Regal Moth
And I must Mate
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Deep
We have the same profile color
I have no moth
The tragic romance story I never knew existed: The female regal moth waiting for a partner, unable to fly.
Thank God they don't have consciousness (as much as we are awared), imagine the existential crisis.
Reminds me of Sleeping Beauty
Lerquian all I can think of is Elaine clapping at spinning tires. What a way to die.
I volunteered in a lab doing research with Tobacco Hornworms in high school- my professors showed me the amazing world of moths!
For a whole bunch of moth species, the females don't even have wings! They just look like little fluffy bags of eggs.
"A moth is anything that isn't a butterfly" * Diogenes readying his plucked chicken*
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What's "diogenes" by the way ???
@@hausofluzon only the best philosopher ever!
And what's that line" diogenes readying his plucked chicken" mean ???
@@tilehelperdan is it a phrase?
“Nosies and toesies” Hank your dad is showing.
no it's not , now go brush your teethy-weethies!
That was so cute. I loved it.😁
P G when I was a kid we had a jar labelled ‘daddy’s jar of shame’ into which he had to put 20p every time he said, for e.g., ‘dishwasher-wishwasher’. it did not make him stop.
@@lousullivan_bf why would you guys try to make him stop? i would take dishwasher-wishwasher any day over a dad who needs a swear jar.
I have these caterpillars here in my yard in northwest corner of Georgia. Neither I or anyone else has ever seen one before and I've been taking it to schools to see if any teachers could give me any info.. Then a few days later I see this! Are they rare? They are cool AF tho.
"You won't forget it's name."
Me: Literally forgot the name by the time he said this.
MOTHS ARE ANYHING THAT'S NOT A BUTTERFLY. YES. GET MAD AT THE BAD NAME SORTING.
We are closer related to some fish than some fish are to others. Names are messy.
Moth is everything that is not butterfly, because butterflies are a kind of moth.
Just like how dinosaur is everything that isn't a bird, because birds are a kind of dinosaur.
Clades and grades.
Im moth
Way to go Hank with that VeggieTales zoology!
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“Any scale winged creature that isn’t a butterfly gets to be a moth”
*Happy dragon noises*
"It just dies, waiting."
hits too close to home!
Guy: "I may look fierce and tough outside but I'm definitely soft inside"
Girl: "are you caterpillar?"
Me: I don't care for moths.
Me later: ok, I guess, it looks cool?
Me now: THEY DON'T HAVE MOUTHS AND EAT 3 TIMES THEIR WEIGHT IN A MONTH??? OK, that IS cool.
They eat three times their weight in a DAY!!!
@@vlogbrothers That is... UNBELIEVABLE! And also so cool!
What sounds more impressive, three times their weight in a day or ninety times their weight in a month?
@@vlogbrothers That means they Quadruple their weight each day until they become a cocoon!
@@JamesJordanson Though, as Hank said, they don't digest the cellulose. So much of the mass of the leaf just passes right through them.
My kids call moths “night butterflies” ❤️ we love your videos 😊
"Night butterfly" is actually a direct translation of the Swedish word for "moth", "nattfjäril". So your kids may secretly be learning Swedish.
I mean I’ve always thought of them as night butterflies ^^
That's what we call them in Dutch too. "Nachtvlinder"
Is it just me or is the Hickory Horned Devil’s body green not blue?
They have a sort of blue tint around their heads (near the antennas?)
Hmmm yes. Odd.
They fade from green to blue as their final instar ages. But yes, good point.
vlogbrothers Just checking for color blindness :)
They can vary in shade from greens to blues.
So basically I would need to eat 540 pounds of food to become a moth?
every day for a month, yes
Are you classified as human? Or at least Chordata? Cos if so, too much bones. Get an exoskeleton, weirdo! 🦋
@@mookinbabysealfurmittens The way I hear it, if they're not a butterfly they're already a moth by definition.
@@doctorbobstone ...Or... are they? Experts remain divided. (From what I understand, and I don't fully.) No bones about it!
I laugh at how much he aggressively says *M O T H*
MAAWTHHH
The way he says it, you'd think it was an Adam West Batman punching a badguy sound effect.
It's not just "moth", he speaks aggressively for the whole video.
MAHTHS!
#DoesntMatterMOTH
Thanks I love it
yes
Yoo
In French, we call them "night butterflies" so at least they retain the cool name! They're just the emo version.
Earth apple? I think the French just aren't that creative at naming things. Unrelated, how many French historians are there?
@@TheGroovyJones "Pomme de terre" is probably a calque from the Dutch "aardappel" which means fruit of the earth. The English apple and the Dutch appel both come from a Germanic root which meant fruit of any kind.
In Russian colloquial they are called night butterflies too, although this term is also frequently used to describe sex workers.
@@MrV1604 Potatoes aren't fruit :p
@@MrV1604 in Afrikaans its also Aartappel :P
“You need to know about this caterpillar“
Well if you say so I guess I do...
And I wasn’t disappointed 🐛
Moths are so underrated. The first time I saw a hummingbird moth in the dark I felt like I had discovered magical fairies. Like magic was real all along and I had been blind to it all my life.
“Eat, Breed, Die” is on their living rooms
i want that in my living room
Arthas Menethil TM LOL
@@arthas640 me too
With a lifespan like that, I would think they'd avoid real estate and focus on air BnBs.
I agree that moth is a terrible sounding name for these cool creatures. In my native language Hindi ,"moth" literally means death lol
Ya..and once when my friend screamed MOTH we ran away thinking deadly 😛
Just the fluffy lads
It also sounds like the Latin mort which also means death
OMG yikes!! That's really interesting.
Its close to Arabic word mot "moot" which means death also 😅
"With it's blue body and red thorns" when you seen a green caterpillar and you realize that either you or Hank is colourblind.
Bismuth LD that’s not how it works
It has some blue coloring especially around the base of its horns, but yeah, it's definitely predominantly green...
vlogbrothers, in a nutshell
john: in depth analysis of society, politics, life etc
hank : funky science!!!
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It’s defense is working my first reaction was looks poisonous
“Butterflies are a thing”
Thanks hank, I’ve already learned so much! 😂
Imagine being born with no mouth and then slowly starving to death when you're an adult..
And I thought paying taxes when I became an adult was bad, these fools can't even eat! 😟
FYI, you're hot
Or mate
Naomi Williams as soon as you are born you are assigned a social security number. You become an investment for the government. You grow you pay taxes you enrich the government, the government uses money to make bombs and that’s it. Or so I read.
_Uses roads to drive to work to get paid_
_Complains about paying taxes_
Let's give the rich more tax breaks and tax the poor and middle class harder :D
On the plus side, there's a huge reduction in bathroom time...
Hello Hank!!!!!..... Big fan....Your work in crash course is just amazing....
This does sound like something Sandy cheeks would say from SpongeBob when she is surprised. "Hickory horned devil SpongeBob, you scared the Jeepers out of me"
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as an amateur moth enthusiast it's great to see a spotlight put on these awesome critters... saturniids have always been some of my favourites since they have quite a few of the big and flashy moths (i have an atlas male mount on my wall!), but sphingidae are also really cool cuz of their awesome wing shapes, very pointy and iconic! and lasiocampidae are so precious, the tend to be kind of fluffy which is such a curious characteristic to have? moths are such a huge range of wonderful animals that get a bad rap it's not fair ;; i think it would be cool to study them, but i heard one lepidopterist recount something to the effect of "it's mostly staring at bug genitalia trying to figure out what species is what" which, while funny, sounds incredibly........... Hm.
"I don't like moths. They fly like they're broken."
- Alex Russo - Wizards of Waverly Place.
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It seems like this is the summer of moths for me! I recently found some elephant hawk moth caterpillars in my garden (which are one of the most common species in England apparently) and they are bonkers huge, around 9cm (3.5 inches)! They also overwinter as pupae, which I think is fascinating. I also saw a hummingbird hawk moth, which was one of the most incredible creatures I've ever seen, hands down. They are so unique, especially in their movement, and absolutely beautiful too. Thanks for more great moth content!
3:10 thumbs up to this thicc boi for eating like a typewriter
fiveohnine ++++
Needs a little ding when it’s moving back to the tip of the leaf.
this sentence boosted my mana by 8
Love love love! Moths are amazing, and so important to their ecosystems. I have a big Southern Old Lady moth tattooed on my chest, because they're that awesome. In the Canberra region of Australia, Bogong moths come in swarms every year, and are an important part of the traditional indigenous diet.
It has to get big and full of nutrients in order to find a mate? Must be nice.
Yeah, us portly fellows would have it made!
LOL truth
@@dbmail545 well i successfully mated so i guess it's time to die.
@@chaosryans -- how do you know it was successful? Has the kid bred and the grandkid bred, also? You've still got a lot of work to do, before you die.
@@mojoman2001 XD in the animal kingdom like these, the males typically die as soon as they mate. Then females lay the eggs etc and die off afterwards as well. I know we are not like salmon, or moths or spiders. XD
As someone who loves most moths more than most butterflies, I really appreciate this video. This was exactly what I needed after a really hard day.
your excitement about caterpillars is something i want to apply to my own life
Thank you for showing the weird and wonderful creatures in our backyards. I have always been awed by nature, but the creatures you highlight inspire me to be a smarter human when it comes to protecting the Earth. It's not just about the large creatures. It's about all creatures.
Well, another animal to add to the list of “animals I don’t want to be in my next life”.
I dunno, being a complete glutton your whole life to go out with a 7-day bug sex marathon blaze of glory doesn't seem so bad.
@@WhiteDragon103 But it's all salad.. and do they actually have sex more than once, or is it salad salad salad sex egglaying egglaying egglaying?
What animal actually lives a nice life these days? Except for pets
@@sinfuleldian9826 or at any time in the past for that matter?
@@adfaklsdjf Including humans! Good point! Existence is... pretty devoid of genuine happiness, isn't it?
Nobody:
*My youtube recommendation:* "You need to know about caterpillar."
Hey hank! I love your videos :) also this is my first youtube comment
Now that you've lost your "comment virginity" you "can comment fly"! I hope you're old enough for this reply!
welcome to *UA-cam* comments 😁
@@camelopardalis84 Haha yep I'm 21. I just never commented before because I didnt see the point and also youtube comments can be a garbage fire. But I felt like vlogbrothers was a pretty safe place to start
Thank you, My son and I asked this exact question later week, when seeing to caterpillars at the end of August. Excellent video
Blue body? Looks green to me. Am I color blind?
Nah, it's definitely a green.
I see it as green with a light bluish color on the base of the thorns and head
Do you really want to argue with a Green about what's green and what isn't?
Green might be colorblind...
so Green can't see green
(Hank Green... that Green)
True, Hank explained the confusion in another comment: "They fade from green to blue as their final instar ages. But yes, good point."
Moths freak me out but your infectious enthusiasm kept me watching the video
Okay, I’ve never had anything described to me as a blue hotdog with horns, but I’ll roll with it...
Just don't roll _on_ it
Oblong Meat Product
This video is totally awesome and i think we need a channel of this guy exclusively talking about insects on this format because its really cool and amazing
*me reading the title* anything you say mr Hank sir
It's amazing that that blazingly bright freaky horned stabby-lookin' weirdo turns into a gorgeous winged adorably fuzzy creature. Thanks Hank, I did need to know about this caterpillar!
‘They are a marvel, even if they are a little terrifying’ is how I describe kids.
Salma Kothari 😂, I used to work vacation care... so true 😂
Moth: exist
Lamp: I'm about to end this moth whole existence
Moths get a real bad rap but I think there's something oddly beautiful about those strange not-butterflies
It they keep on getting bad raps may be that's a sign to move on to another music styling. Like jazz.
in my opinion they're cute, with all the fluff and chubby looking body.
And their wingspans can get much much bigger than butterflies, with more intricate patterns. My favorite is the Luna Moth (beautiful name). With its wings folded they look like leafy mantis rays.
we have them here, and i'm always grateful to spend a little time with there little gems. ما شاء ﺍﻟﻠـﻪ
Thank you Hank for teaching us about cute species of animals
My capstone was all about moths. So cool to see others getting excited about how crazy these critters are
I did not know how much I needed to know about this fierce boy. I identify heavily with his tough exterior but mushy and food filled interior 🥰
Ooooooo do one on catalpa worms and their weird relationship with their host tree. It's a great example of parasitism turned mutualism.
The unmated female Regal Moth is the Mrs. Haversham of moths.
This weekend while hiking I saw a giant swallowtail caterpillar for the first time. They are amazing! They disguise themselves as bird poop on tree limbs. And when agitated or scared, they reach out these red antennas that have a liquid on them. The liquid isn't poisonous, but it has a terrible smell to it.
0:49 "Moth" literally means Death in Hindi, I mean not the insect ofcourse, but the word "MOTH"! anyways its terrifying!
Ultra Mega to my ear the English words “moth” and “death” aren’t that far apart. None of this is very surprising because all three languages are descendants of the Proto-Indo-European language 😀
Indo european roots. Morte in portuguese.
Some moths are as beautiful as butterflies. Its sad that this ones adult form doesn't live long, very beautiful indeed.
As someone with a major fear of butterflies and moths this video makes me uncomfortable, but I'm watching because you always have great content Hank.
What's so scary about a butterfly?
@@NobleS1236 I'm afraid of most flying insects but for some reason, their wings really freak me out. The scales and the fluttering sound makes me anxious. I know it's irrational but it doesn't stop what I feel about it.
@@wxlurker I plant lots of flowers in order to attract butterflies. It's really weird to me that some people have a phobia against these gorgeous, colorful insects. But I've heard of this phobia before. My brother-in-law is a manly man, a guy who was in the military for years, and knows his way around a gun. But he's terrified of moths.
wx your phobia might respond well to gradually desensitizing yourself with small, well controlled exposure to butterflies in safe settings (perhaps visit a local butterfly garden with your spouse or good friend you trust).
But only if you *want* to overcome the irrational anxiety. If you prefer to simply avoid them, that’s fine too.
Don't worry but, we got arachnophobia too
I have a crazy moth obsession and these comments bring me joy
*looks at title*
yes. yes. this is the quality content i am here for. this video isn't even 3 years old like other similar stuff youtube recommends me. let's GO.
1:43 "...to make those fuzzy folk worry about their nosies and tosies..."
if i'm not a butterfly, does that mean I'm a moth?
I spot a Hickory Horned Devil, I click!
I had a regal moth in my display case when I was kid!
I went to Entomology summer camp, and when I came back one year with that, everyone was surprised!
The female regal moth I ended up pinning laid eggs when it was dying, and we ended up raising the caterpillars. We even had a sweet gum tree outside, so we had the perfect source of food!
I just got existential crisis from this video. These caterpillars live most of their life only to become a moth, and live their hole moth life only to make eggs and die. Purposeless lives lived with no enjoyment, with the only focus to rush death and maybe spread your genes if you're lucky. That is so sad in a way, and if you think about it, human lives aren't that incredibly different from that sad unavoidable fate :(
I don’t know, man. Spreading genes can be pretty enjoyable, if you know what I mean
I actually worked with these at a zoo. Very cool and Very big. Also, Very sassy. If you tried pulling on the, they'd hold on tight and poke you a bunch. Feeding the, was super tough! We had to bring them so many trees.
A Bug’s Life 2 can be soooooo good if we put our heads together and find some wonderful bugs like these
Okay, but only if there is a scene where the insects are having a wasp look-alike competition.
A real wasp then needs to enter the competition, but fail because it "wasn't wasp like enough"
John: beautiful love-letter to my wife.
Hank: GIANT TECHNICOLOUR CATERPILLAR!!
Any pretty winged insect is lovely in my eyes. Don't care if it's a moth or a butterfly. It's a pretty little insect angel!!!
So a cockroach?
"Spoonerizes" is a conjugation I hadn't heard before, but I like.
So, I'm not out of shape. I'm just saving substance for my next life! 🤯
Once I was walking home from the bus stop and saw movement on the actual pavement. I look down and there's this wasp attacking this lil caterpillar, but this lil caterpillar is fighting him off so hard. Moth or butterfly, caterpillars are so underrated
Hank: "This brand, TOO strong"
Me, voiced by John Mulaney: "This man is a FATHER- he has A BABY."
Holy crap, that bright orange regal moth is gorgeous!
The female was happily waiting, happy to stay(play), happily watching moths driiiiiiiiift away
I need more of these kinds of videos. Very good for my anxiety. Thanks Hank.
"Hotdog with legs"
** chef's kiss **
Hank got so excited about moths, I became excited about moths.
I am truly sorry homework that needs to be done now. First of all, I need to know about this caterpillar :)
Have a lovely day Hank🤗 and thank you for brightening up mine!
when i see a caterpillar walking in a dangerous place, i get the caterpillar to a safe plant
How about an Atlas moth video? I think that'd be awesome
Yasssss
different stages of life cycles for specialized purposes (feeding and mating) is EXACTLY what I'm learning about in ap bio! woohoo! thanks hank
How is it that I’ve been watching vlogbrothers for 12ish years and they still make be smile this big
Simple: they make great stuff. :)
The hickory looks like it could sting the shit out of you. Hard to believe it doesn't sting!
Hank: Moths are beautiful creatures!
Me: *hits like button before finishing the video*
Super stoked for the monthly pin club! Can’t wait for the first months one to get delivered
Moth literally means "death" in Hindi.
My favorite moth is the Hummingbird Moth, we get them here feeding on the flowers with Hummingbirds but they are nearly silent and the hummers here are Broadtails, the males make a distinct sound from their wings as they fly.
Regarding the branding-naming issue, in Danish the word for butterfly is _sommerfugl_ (the g is silent), which means 'bird of summer' - that's very pretty and cute and etc.
The word for moth is _natsværmer_ which means 'night-swarmer'. That doesn't sound like an adorable, beautiful and fluffy little cuties that moths actually are. It sounds like some terrifying mythological monster that swarms at night and steals babies or eats corpses or something
Summerfool
@@kourii Yep, that's more or less how you say it.
Danish is a fun language.
@@jbkjbk1999 Yup. Rødgrød med fløde to ya, kammerat
A regal moth landed on my screen door, stayed several days, laid her eggs, and left. I photographed them every day. I rigged up a way to enclose the seas and take the pictures. They hatched the day of the eclipse. And turned out to be the most crazy wierd hatchlings. I took them to a friends house who has a pecan tree and saw the leaves get eaten. I guess I did good. Look up the hatchlings. They are not yet blue or green. Thanks Hank!
This caterpillar is just begging to be used as a metaphor.
are euphemisms metaphors, or is that too hard to swallow?
I was thinking long and hard about that joke but it just wasn't funny. Sorry, its my first time.
I am deeply terrified of moths ... also of butterflies, but at least those don't tend to sneak into my house.
That thing looks like a mobile protein shake, am I right bros?
Yeah bro, lift up 🤙
*Pickup challenge:* Go clubbing in a foreign city without booking a hotel
*Saturniidae:* Hold my leaf
I saw one of these before, at fairmount park in philly
Moth or caterpillar? I saw one as a caterpillar in plymouth meeting a few years ago, but haven't seen any since 🐛
Luna Moth. Brings the elegance in name and appearance .