Name: Intimate Relations
Released: 2005-12-14

Invertebrates thrive within a complex network of interactions involving plants and various creatures. Remarkable footage captures the minuscule fairy wasp, measuring just a quarter of a millimeter, as it navigates underwater to deposit its eggs in water beetle nests. Certain ant species cultivate trees that provide them refuge, establishing areas known as "Devil's gardens." To eliminate competition, they systematically eradicate surrounding seedlings. Meanwhile, blister beetle larvae cluster at the tip of grass, imitating female bees. When a male bee attempts to mate, the larvae latch onto him. Confused, he moves on, ultimately mating with a true female, allowing the larvae to hitch a ride to her nest where they feast on her stored pollen.

Show Life in the Undergrowth

Episode S01E04

Air Date Dec 14, 2005

Season 1 Episodes

S01E01 Invasion Of The Land S01E01 Brother's Keeper S01E02 Taking to the Air S01E02 Heart of Darkness S01E03 The Silk Spinners S01E03 Cool Runnin' S01E04 Intimate Relations S01E04 Calderone's Return: The Hit List - Part 1 S01E05 Calderone's Return: Calderone's Demise - Part 2 S01E05 Supersocieties S01E06 One Eyed Jack S01E07 No Exit S01E08 The Great McCarthy S01E09 Glades S01E10 Give a Little, Take a Little S01E11 Little Prince S01E12 Milk Run S01E13 Golden Triangle - Part 1 S01E14 Golden Triangle - Part 2 S01E15 Smuggler's Blues S01E16 Rites of Passage S01E17 The Maze S01E18 Made for Each Other S01E19 The Home Invaders S01E20 Nobody Lives Forever S01E21 Evan S01E22 Lombard

Intimate Relations (S01E04)

Season 1 Episodes