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  1. Crime Scene Insects (2010)

    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 47 minutes), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

    This programme charts recent advances in forensic entomology and reveals how insects found on or near a corpse can reveal not just the time of death, but whether a body’s been moved, and whether the victim...

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  2. Cicadas of France (1972 Film)

    Director
    M Boulard
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The life cycle of two of the most common species of cicadas in France: ‘Cicada orni linne’ and ‘Lyristes plebeius scopoli’.

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  3. Polyhedral Virus Diseases in Insects (1965 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    An introduction to the study of different diseases which attack moths and butterflies, using tissue culture and electron microscopy.

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  4. Aphid-Eating Ladybirds (1973 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A number of ladybirds (coccinella) feed on green-flies and are an important auxiliary to farmers. Starting with an understanding of migratory and gregarious behaviour of certain species, such as ‘Adonia...

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  5. Behaviour of the Housefly, The (1981 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Hire or sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min.

    Discusses the importance of the fly as a component of the ecosystem describing the fly’s biology and behaviour. Shows the egg-laying process and the adaptions which permit eggs to be laid where they...

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  6. Proctodeal Exchange and Antenna Relations in ‘Dolichoderus Quadripunctatus’ (1973 Film)

    Producer
    Claude Torossian
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Following a short ecological introduction, shows vitelloproctodeal food exchanges whereby workers nourish the eggs, then adults of the colony during the larval growth phase. ‘Antenna talk’, i.e. antenna...

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  7. Metamorphosis: The Science of Change (2013)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195

    Filmmaker David Malone explores the science behind metamorphosis, as - with the help of entomologists and microphotography - he looks at the life cycles of locusts, caterpillars, tadpoles and sea urchins....

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  8. Castles of Clay (1978 Film)

    Producer
    Alan Rout
    Subject
    Biology; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    About the life cycle and ecology of the African termite. These tiny, blind creatures construct towering hills weighing tons, ingeniously control air flow and humidity to maintain a constant temperature, grow...

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  9. Insect Tissue Culture (1963 Film, Video)

    Producer
    David Corke; Stan Evans; Alice O’Donnell
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows a method of establishing continuous cultures of ovarian tissue from the insect ‘Antheraea eucalypti’ (emperor gum moth). Cells from the first invertebrate cell lines available in continuous tissue...

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  10. War to the Last Itch (1973 Film, Video)

    Director
    Alastair MacEwen
    Producer
    Michael Cockburn
    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Describes the probable incidence of head-louse infection in the United Kingdom and examines with close-up photography various stages in the life history of the head louse. Examines methods of detection and...

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