Swallowtail, from chrysalis to butterfly

This video from the Netherlands is about a common yellow swallowtail‘s metamorphosis from pupa to butterfly.

Johan van Zijll made the video on 9 April 2014.

A dozen adult Continental swallowtail butterflies Papilio machaon gorganus have been seen across Sussex in the last few weeks after successfully overwintering in the UK: here.

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