Life in the Undergrowth - Season 1 Episode 3 The Silk Spinners

Name: Life in the Undergrowth
Genre: Documentary
Released: 21 Dec 2005
Rating: 8.30
Cast: David Attenborough

2005-12-21 United Kingdom 49 minutes.

8.30 42 votes

Documentary insect wildlife miniseries animals nature nature documentary

Episodes
Info
Cast

Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Nov 23, 2005

1 - 1

Invasion Of The Land Nov 23, 2005
1 - 2

Taking to the Air Nov 30, 2005
1 - 3

The Silk Spinners Dec 07, 2005
1 - 4

Intimate Relations Dec 14, 2005
1 - 5

Supersocieties Dec 21, 2005

0 Season 0 Jan 01, 1970

0 - 2

Fly on the Wall Jan 01, 1970
0 - 3

Interview with Mike Salisbury Jan 01, 1970

Overview

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.

Year 2005

Studio BBC One

Director

Crew David Attenborough (Writer), Mike Salisbury (Producer)

Popularity 0.8093

Language English