Life in the Undergrowth - Season 1 - Eps 3: The Silk Spinners

2005-12-0749 min⭐ 8.2/10

Silk is the invertebrates' great invention, used in a range of ways from from the protective stalks of lacewing eggs to the amazing hanging threads of New Zealand's 'glow worms'. Spiders, though, have taken silk-spinning to extremes. The common wolf spider has no web, but the female is a gentle parent, encasing her eggs in silk and carrying the precious bundle wherever she goes. The bolas spider uses a ball of sticky silk soaked in a copy of moth pheromone to lure its prey. Millions of communal spiders live and feed together in a vast, towering web - an arachnophobe's nightmare.

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About Life in the Undergrowth

Life in the Undergrowth

Title: Life in the Undergrowth

First Air Date: 2005-11-23

Last Air Date: 2005-12-21

Status: Ended

Rating: 8.2/10 (from 41 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 2

Total Episodes: 5

Network: BBC One

Genres: Documentary

Production Companies: BBC

Synopsis

David Attenborough reveals the amazing stories behind the tiny lives of invertebrates, exploring their incredible miniature world with ground-breaking camerawork and technology.

Cast

David Attenborough

David Attenborough

Self

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