NOVA: Ants: Little Creatures Who Run the World (1997)

Index
Peter's DVD rating: 3.0 stars
4:00Family-oriented wasps gave rise to ants 300 MYA 4:30Societies of cockroaches in family groups that fed on decaying wood - inherited micro-organisms, became termites. 5:00Ants flourish 30 MYA
6:30Insects trapped in amber 8:30Worker ants 10:00 Red Harvester Ants mating orgy (Arizona)
13:00Desert ants are suicidal to forage for food (Sahara) 18:00 Fire Ants follow chemical trail laid by E. O. Wilson 21:30 Termite workers patch hole in nest (Trinidad Rain Forest)
22:20 Termite mound Autralian outback and African bush 23:20 Kenyan Raid Ants raid termite nest 25:00 Driver Ants overwhelm giant slug (Africa)
26:00 Driver Ant soldier 28:30The shrike Common Fiscal feeds on fleeing insects 31:00 Honeypot Ants fight for territory, steal rival Honeypot Ants (Arizona)
34:45Ants feed off Treehopper honeydew 35:30 True Herdsman Ants collect Mealybugs and move to younger plants Also raise young bugs in nest in old bamboo log (Malaysian rainforest) 39:20 Cecropia Tree nodules feed Azteca ants.
40:00 Azteca Ants defend Cecropia from other insects (South America) 41:30Ants plant Spring Beauty Violet White Trillium 43:00 Hanging garden maintained by ants (Amazonia)
44:30Ants attack invading plants with formic acid to maintain Gardens of the Devil: (Peru) 46:50 Leafcutter ants   
Pogonomyrmex_barbatus-mating.jpg
10:00 Red Harvester Ants
Solenopsis-trail.jpg
18:00 Fire Ants
Isoptera.jpg
21:30 Termite workers
Isoptera-mound.jpg
22:20 Termite mound
Pachycondyla_analis.jpg
23:20 Kenyan Raid Ants
Dorylus.jpg
25:00 Driver Ants
Dorylus-soldier.jpg
26:00 Driver Ant soldier
Lanius_collaris.jpg
28:30 Common Fiscal
Myrmecocystus_mendax.jpg
31:00 Honeypot Ants
Myrmecocystus_mendax-raid.jpg
31:00 Honeypot Ants
Membracidae-honeydew.jpg
34:45 Treehopper honeydew
Dolichoderus_cuspidatus.jpg
35:30 True Herdsman Ants
Malaicoccus.jpg
35:30 Mealybugs
Cecropia-nodules.jpg
39:20 Cecropia Tree nodules
Azteca-beetle.jpg
40:00 Azteca Ants
Claytonia_virginica.jpg
41:30 Spring Beauty
Viola.jpg
41:30 Violet
Trillium_grandiflorum.jpg
41:30 White Trillium
hanging_garden.JPG
43:00 Hanging garden
leafcutter.JPG
46:50 Leafcutter ants
 
Index Jul 09, 2010 copyleft Peter Chen