A Luna Moth Emerges From Her Cocoon

This video shows a time-lapse emergence of a Luna moth from her cocoon. It all happened so fast. We expected these to 'hatch' a week or two from now, but when I heard the scratching, I grabbed my gear. It's my first attempt at capturing nature in slow motion, and took 2231 frames with an Olympus TG-850 and Canon 5D mkll. Sewn together in iMovie.

Enjoy!

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