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1 online resource (streaming video file) (45 min. 46 sec.) ; 276420693 bytes |
| Summary |
The second episode of David Attenborough's critically acclaimed Life In The Undergrowth, Taking In The Air. This program, highlighted by stunning aerobatics by hoverflies in a Bristol garden and the mass migrations of purple crow butterflies in Taiwan, is the story of the winged insects - the first creatures to take to the air. As the early June sun begins to set over a calm river in Central Hungary, masses of ghostly shapes emerge from their larval cases to take to the air for the first time. They are mayflies (Europe's biggest species) and in a spectacular display, thousands of them show us how the very first wings to evolve were used. The unfortunate male of the mayfly species is born without a mouth or stomach because they only live for 30 minutes - just long enough to mate.We witness the mass emergence of winged cicadas after numerous years underground as grubs, and unique footage that reveals the lightning fast reaction of bluebottles and hoverflies, filmed with one of the world's fastest cameras. There is remarkable footage of the aerial antics of dragonflies, the lumbering flight of ladybirds, fluttering of butterflies and David handles the largest and possibly most ferocious insect in the world - the Titan beetle.PRODUCTION DETAILS:A BBC/Animal Planet co-production, Life in the Undergrowth is presented by Sir David Attenborough and produced by Mike Salisbury. Mike Gunton is executive producer |
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Broadcast 2014-05-10 at 18:30:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: G |
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Insects -- Evolution.
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Invertebrates -- Behavior.
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Mayflies -- Classification.
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Mayflies -- Ecology.
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Natural history.
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Taiwan.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Attenborough, David, host
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