View the hatching of the cabbage white caterpillars from eggs

View the hatching of the cabbage white caterpillars from eggs

Time-lapse video, filmed over two days, of cabbage white caterpillars (Pieris brassicae) emerging from eggs.
Video by Neil Bromhall; music, Markus Staab/Musopen.org (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
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