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  1. Alder Woodwasp and Its Insect Enemies, The (1960 Film)

    Director
    E R Skinner; G H Thompson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The inter-relationships between the alder wood-wasp and four hymenopterous parasites are shown in detail. Two of the methods of parasitism were new to science when the film was made.

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  2. Potato Cyst Eelworm (1971 Film)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The life cycle of the eelworm, method of control by crop rotation, use of resistant varieties of potato.*

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  3. Cane Toads (1987 Video)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 46 min.

    Tongue-in-cheek study of cane toads, originally imported into Queensland in 1935 from Hawaii to save the sugar crop from destruction by the greyback beetle. The toads bred rapidly and became an agricultural...

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  4. Copycat (1990 Video)

    Director
    Mike Lockey
    Producer
    Bob Thorpe
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Scientists and researchers are borrowing ideas from the natural world and adapting them to robotics, aerodynamics and future technology. For example, an insect’s feet, a spider’s web and a fish’s tail...

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  5. When Bee Meets Bee (Bee Behaviour at the Hive Entrance) (1953 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The normal and alerted colony; the procedure at the hive entrance when strangers enter the hive. I

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  6. Tsetse Trap, The (1978 Video)

    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Discusses the impact of the tsetse fly on large areas of Africa, inhibiting agricultural development by preventing beef or diary farming Considers efforts which are being made to combat the pest in Tanzania,...

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  7. Deceivers, The (Moths) (1974 Film)

    Producer
    Colin Willock
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Moths are not only among the most beautiful and varied members of the insect community, they are also the most vulnerable. They have to depend largely on fraud to escape their enemies. Looks at the many...

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  8. Insects: Adaptations for Survival (1978 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows how various species of insects have evolved ways of escaping from predators.

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  9. Biology Series 4: Evolution and Behaviour (1981 Multimedia)

    Producer
    David W MacDonald
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Slides. 20-30 slides per set. col.

    The biology of adaptations for survival and the processes underlying natural selection. Set titles: 1. Predation. 2. Adaptive Colouration. 3. How Animals Eat. 4. Animal Societies. 5. Insect Societies.

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  10. Insects: Food and Feeding Habits (1978 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 9 min.

    Shows different foods eaten by insects and the ways in which the insects have adapted to the particular foods they eat.

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