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Series   BIG WORLD OF INSECTS
Program Length   15:00
Grades    4-10
Taping Rights   School Yr (Sept-Jun)
Series Description
Students will examine the body structures, behaviors, and environments for a variety of arthropods, including insects and spiders. Captions highlight details, and programs compare and contrast to help students remember differing insect life cycles, mating and parenting patterns, and adaptations.

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Episode#	Episode Title
1	ANT LIONS AND ANTS: PREDITORS AND PREY
2	ANTS AND APHIDS: SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP
3	AQUATIC INSECTS: LARVAE TO ADULT
4	BEES: ONE BIG FAMILY
5	BEES: SOCIAL OR SOLITARY INSECTS?
6	CAMOUFLAGE AND DEFENSE
7	CATERPILLARS, BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS
8	CENTIPEDES AND ARTHROPODS
9	CRICKETS: TERRITORIAL INSECTS
10	DAMSELFLIES
11	DRAGONFLIES: COMPLETE INSECT LIFE CYCLE
12	DUNG BEETLES: NATURE`S CLEANERS
13	FLIES AND CICADAS
14	GARDEN SPIDERS AND CRAB SPIDERS
15	GREEN BUSH CRICKETS AND LOCUSTS
16	GROUND WASPS
17	INSECT ADAPTATIONS FOR WATER
18	LADYBIRDS, FIRE BUGS AND LEAF HOPPERS
19	MASON WASPS: INSECT BUILDERS
20	PAPER WASPS: THE LIFE CYCLE OF A COLONY
21	PINE PROCESSIONARY CATERPILLERS
22	PRAYING MANTIS: INSECT PREDATOR
23	ROSE CHAFIR, CARABID AND TIGER BEETLES
24	SAND AND SPIDER WASPS
25	SCORPIONS & STAG BEETLES: CLASSIFYING
26	SOUTHERN TRAP-DOOR VS AGELENA SPIDER