"Beyond anything we could imagine, yet almost beneath our notice." An exquisite film, painfully beautiful. It's relatively easy to find beauty in the majestic Grand Tetons, Monument Valley, or the brooding giants of a Big Tree forest. This film finds incredible beauty unnoticed at our feet.
Ants drinking raindrops, or clustered around a tiny puddle -- then sharing back at the nest.
Caterpillars marching in close formation.
Ladybugs as the voracious predators they are. Ants protecting their aphids from the ladybug. Ants drinking the nectar exuded by the aphids they farm.
Two snails locked in loving embrace.
Alien-looking mantids suddenly taking notice of the camera.
Beetles in extended combat. We are not shown why.
A mosquito emerging from pupa. A butterfly also. A caterpillar hatching from an egg -- then eating the shell.
Winged ants crowding out of the nest for their nuptial flight.
Caterpillars in weird diversity, one with two horns on its posterior that extrude and retract bright red filaments. What /are/ they?
The film is almost entirely visual. There are only a few seconds of voice-over at beginning and end, and the soundtrack is very low-key, for the most part, of the natural sounds of the action. Occasional light touches of music or choral voices nicely complement the photography.
I was struck by the cleanliness! Bugs cleaning, cleaning, cleaning! Even an earthworm emerging from burrow glistens in pristine translucent beauty. After viewing this film, how could anyone say that bugs are dirty?
Ants drinking raindrops, or clustered around a tiny puddle -- then sharing back at the nest.
Caterpillars marching in close formation.
Ladybugs as the voracious predators they are. Ants protecting their aphids from the ladybug. Ants drinking the nectar exuded by the aphids they farm.
Two snails locked in loving embrace.
Alien-looking mantids suddenly taking notice of the camera.
Beetles in extended combat. We are not shown why.
A mosquito emerging from pupa. A butterfly also. A caterpillar hatching from an egg -- then eating the shell.
Winged ants crowding out of the nest for their nuptial flight.
Caterpillars in weird diversity, one with two horns on its posterior that extrude and retract bright red filaments. What /are/ they?
The film is almost entirely visual. There are only a few seconds of voice-over at beginning and end, and the soundtrack is very low-key, for the most part, of the natural sounds of the action. Occasional light touches of music or choral voices nicely complement the photography.
I was struck by the cleanliness! Bugs cleaning, cleaning, cleaning! Even an earthworm emerging from burrow glistens in pristine translucent beauty. After viewing this film, how could anyone say that bugs are dirty?