
First-Time Viewing
Microcosmos
Release Date:October 9, 1996
Running Time:80 min
Genres:Documentary
Directors
Synopsis
A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time-lapse photography. It includes bees collecting nectar, ladybugs eating mites, snails mating, spiders wrapping their catch, a scarab beetle relentlessly pushing its ball of dung uphill, endless lines of caterpillars, an underwater spider creating an air bubble to live in, and a mosquito hatching.
Where to watch
US
Streaming

Criterion Channel
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