Praying Mantis Tomatoe Worm
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This film shows footage of a fall armyworm feasting on a tomato, a tobacco hornworm munching on a leaf, a praying mantis attacking a grasshopper, and concludes as a time-lapse sequence captures an army of caterpillars as it completely devours a plant's leaves.
Credits
John Nash Ott Jr. (filmmaker)
Complete catalog record
Date: circa 1952
Cfa collection: John Nash Ott Collection
Subjects: Plants; Time; Flowers; Insects; Animal behavior
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Winnetka
Cfa elements: 84 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/36438
Cfa collection: John Nash Ott Collection
Subjects: Plants; Time; Flowers; Insects; Animal behavior
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Winnetka
Cfa elements: 84 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/36438
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:24:51