Micro Monsters 3D

- Season 1

(2013)

David Attenborough presents survival techniques used by arthropods, who comprise 80% of the animal kingdom, and are vital to ecosystems on all continents except the Atarctic: insects, spiders and scorpions. Rapid and boundless evolution continuously creates new species, adapting to conditions and often in a never-ending arms race between predators and prey. Poison and mimicry are taken to the extreme, but also macabre forms parasitism and other secretions, like hot liquid or deterrent odors.

David Attenborough continues his bug-eyed view of the world of creepy-crawlies, revealing how predators defuse the defences of their prey. Highlights include the cockroach wasp, busy preparing a tasty - and very live - treat for its young, the whirligig beetle, which employs a water-based radar system, and the jumping Portia spider, which feeds on other arachnids.

Courtship - This episode highlights the courtship rituals of several different insect species.

Reproduction - This episode focuses on the reproductive cycles of various anthropods, including species that don't require mating.

Family - In this episode David Attenborough explores insects that live in family groups and delves into how some species can live in very large colonies.

Colony - The final episode of the series focuses on large scale insect colonies, including termite castles.

David Attenborough goes and shows the parts that didn't get put in the show. We get to meet the film makers and tells us what location they visited