INTRODUCING INSECTS

Duration: 17 min

Year Published: 1962

Creator: National Film Board of Canada

Format: 16mm

Color: Color & B&W

Sound: Sound

Description: Identifies the characteristics of the arthropods and makes a comparison with vertebrate animals. Shows examples of the main groups of insects and gives the key anatomical characteristics used for identification and classification. Uses microcinematography, slow-motion, and time-lapse to reveal insect development. Includes views of the flea, the Goliath beetle, the praying-mantis, and bees and ants; shows the moulting of a plant bug and the emergence of a moth.

Complete Record: Series: Biology series Source: EBF Interest level: el-jh-sh Guide: Guide Price: b&w $90, rent $4.50; color $180, rent $6.50 Format: sd b&w or color Catalog numbers: LC card Fi A 62-45

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)

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