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'Solanum berthaultii’, an insect-resistant wild potato from Bolivia, has abundant sticky-tipped hairs on the foliage to which small insects and mites get stuck. In contrast, the foliage of cultivated...
Series tracing the development of life from its earliest beginnings through single cell forms to the final emergence of man. Filmed in more than 100 locations around the world. 1: The beginnings of life on...
Spruce bark beetle. On a spruce a male ‘Pityogenes chalcographus’ is looking for a suitable place for boring; it bores a mating chamber in the bark. Although the male resists, several females force their...
Shows how various species of insects have evolved ways of escaping from predators.
Shows different foods eaten by insects and the ways in which the insects have adapted to the particular foods they eat.
Shows the ways in which insects have evolved to conquer new environments. Shows examples of species that have taken to living on the surface of the water,; the semi-aquatic insects that live beneath the...
Aims to illustrate the underlying similarities between the different insect social groupings. Social behaviour in insects is found among bees, wasps, ants and termites. The organisation of each group is...
In the high forests of northern Trinidad, a rich and varied habitat, two kinds of ant have adopted contrasting ways of making a living. The driver ants are wandering hunters which scour the forest floor for...
In an overgrown tonka bean plantation in the hill forests of Trinidad, looks at the giant locust, the hairy bird-eating spider, a six-inch snake which hunts termites, a termite colony, hercules ants and the...
An ‘off-the-cuff’ record of work being done on a field course in the Knapdale Forest area. Concentrates on the ongoing work being done with wood ants and is aimed at priming future groups of students by...
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