Microcosmos

1996 · Directed by Claude Nuridsany · 80 min · documentary film, nature documentary

★ 7.6/10 · 267 ratings on TMDB

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.