Butterfly

Credits

Produced by
Ron Richards
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Using extreme close-up photography, this film shows the complete life cycle of a familiar insect, the swallowtail butterfly. The film begins with the laying of the egg, then follows the hatching and growth of the caterpillar, it’s pupation, and the emergence of the butterfly. Finally the butterfly lays eggs, beginning the life cycle again. No narration is used.
Butterfly flying and landing on flowers. CU egg on leaf. ECU caterpillar chewing it’s way out of egg and emerging. CU/ECU caterpillar eating leaf. ECU caterpillar walking. CU caterpillar spinning thread and making cocoon. CU/ECU butterfly emerging from cocoon. ECU butterfly wing.

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q518974 ↗ — genre, credits