BBC Life In The Undergrowth Disc 1: Taking To The Air (2005)

Index
Peter's DVD rating: 4.5 stars
Add 49:30 to times if start from beginning
00:35 Tisza Mayfly mating in swarms after 2 years in water and one final molt 04:40 Dragonfly emerges 09:50 Dragonfly can beat its 2 pairs of wings independently
10:45Damselflies 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 18:40 Cabbage White Butterfly can lay eggs on leaves, flap wings as single pair 20:15Damaged cabbage attracts parasitoid Cotesia Wasp
21:50Cabbage White caterpillar pupates, hanging from twig by silk loop; 22:10Parasitoid 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) 26:00Butterfly mouth parts: tube of resilin; scales 28:15 Lantern bug suck stree sap and expels honeydew
29:00 Moth sips honeydew 29:40 Hummingbird Hawk Moth (south France) hovers over Buddleia bush (introduced from China) 21:00 Snowberry Clearwing Moth (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
34:30 Cranefly uses halteres to control flight 35:10Flies 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
40:15300,000 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
46:00Males sing, females click 47:20 Periodical Cicadas mate   
Palingenia_longicauda.jpg
00:35 Tisza Mayfly
dragonfy-emerge.JPG
04:40 Dragonfly emerges
dragonfy-fly.JPG
09:50 Dragonfly
damselflies-wheel.JPG
11:00 Damselflies form mating wheel
Cascade_Damselfly.JPG
15:00 Cascade Damselfly
Megaloprepus_caerulatus.jpg
17:00 Giant Helicopter Damselfly
Pieris_rapae.jpg
18:40 Cabbage White Butterfly
Cotesia_congregata.jpg
20:15 Cotesia Wasp
Euploea_eunice_hobsoni.jpg
24:20 Crow Butterfly
Tirumala_limniace.jpg
25:50 Blue Tiger Butterfly
Pyrops.jpg
28:15 Lantern bug
Moth-honeydew.JPG
29:00 Moth sips honeydew
Macroglossum_stellatarum.jpg
29:40 Hummingbird Hawk Moth
Hemaris_diffinis.jpg
21:00 Snowberry Clearwing Moth (Bee Hawk Moth)
Xylocopa.jpg
32:00 Carpenter Bee
Bombus-queen.jpg
32:20 Bumblebee queen
fly.JPG
34:30 Fly
Tipulidae-haltere.jpg
34:30 Cranefly
Dolichopodidae.jpg
35:45 Long-legged Fly
Empis.jpg
36:00 Dance Fly
Syrphidae.jpg
37:00 Hoverfly
Helophilus.jpg
37:30 Helophilus Hoverfly
Curculionoidea.jpg
40:25 Weevil
Coccinellidae.jpg
40:40 Lady Beetle
Meloidae.jpg
41:05 Blister Beetle
Titanus_giganteus.jpg
41:40 Titan Beetle
Magicicada-emerge.jpg
42:50 Periodical Cicadas
Magicicada-mate.jpg
47:20 Periodical Cicadas mate
   
Index Apr 26, 2010 copyleft Peter Chen