The life cycle of the butterfly – Franziska Bauer

How exactly does a caterpillar become a butterfly? Follow the bug’s incredible metamorphosis from larvae to nimble adult. — In order to become a butterfly, a caterpillar’s body dissolves almost completely and is rebuilt from its own juices. Butterflies are just a few of the 800,000 insect species that transition from larvae to adults through complete metamorphosis. But how exactly does this process work? Franziska Bauer explains how these squishy larvae emerge as armored, aerodynamic, and nimble adults. Lesson by Franziska Bauer, animation by Avi Ofer.