BBC Life In The Undergrowth Disc 1: Taking To The Air (2005) | Index |
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00:35 | Tisza Mayfly molt twice after 2 years in water, live half an hour, mate in swarms (Hungary) | 04:40 | Dragonfly emerges | 09:50 | Dragonfly can beat its 2 pairs of wings independently |
10:45 | Damselflies mating ritual | 11:00 | Damselflies form mating wheel | 15:00 | Cascade Damselfly mates in cascade (South America) |
17:00 | Giant Helicopter Damselfly female lays eggs in bark hollow (Central America) | 18:40 | Cabbage White Butterfly can lay eggs on leaves, flap wings as single pair | 20:15 | Damaged cabbage attracts parasitoid Cotesia Wasp |
21:50 | Cabbage White caterpillar pupates, hanging from twig by silk loop; | 22:10 | Parasitoid Cotesia Wasp grubs emerge from infected caterpillars and pupate | 24:20 | Crow Butterfly basks after migrating from north |
25:50 | Blue Tiger Butterfly (south Taiwan) | 26:00 | Butterfly mouth parts: tube of resilin; scales | 28:15 | Lantern bug sucks tree sap and expels honeydew |
29:00 | Moth sips honeydew | 29:40 | Hummingbird Hawk Moth (south France) hovers over Buddleia bush (introduced from China) | 31:00 | Bee Hawk Moth is heavier and sometimes use legs |
32:00 | Carpenter Bee has two pairs of wings hooked together | 32:20 | Bumblebee queen warms up by shivering without moving wings in early spring; forages in daffodils | 34:30 | Fly has lost rear pair of wings |
34:40 | Cranefly uses halteres to control flight | 35:10 | Flies can land upside-down | 35:45 | Long-legged Fly uses wings for courtship |
36:00 | Dance Fly courtship dance | 37:00 | Hoverfly hovers for females; | 37:30 | Helophilus Hoverfly laps nectar; chases pea shooter |
40:15 | 300,000 species of beetles | 40:25 | Weevil keeps cover wings permanently closed; push flight wings from slits | 40:40 | Lady Beetle lifts wing covers |
41:05 | Blister Beetle flies, then folds wings carefully | 41:40 | Titan Beetle has to launch from trees to fly (Amazon) | 42:50 | Periodical Cicadas emerge after 17 years, molt |
46:00 | Males sing, females click | 47:20 | Periodical Cicadas mate |
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