https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/a501724e-dbd1-4eb8-aefe-0708114a4e6b Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films! Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com In the insect world, the bug that hunts is often hunted by another. Released during WWII, this Pictoreel production “Killers of the Insect World” provides a close up picture into the world of predatory insects along with narration reflecting the scientific understanding of these specimens. See how each hunter has their own advantage and disadvantage over another as they fight for not only their own survival, but also for the flourishing of their offspring, in a medley that culminates the balance of nature. This morbid insect movie features close-ups of the praying mantis, hunting wasp, spider and scorpion killing and devouring prey. (0:06) Title sequence. This is a Pictoreel. “Killers of the Insect World”. (0:24) Close up footage of praying mantis and its shadow. (0:56) Praying mantis eating a butterfly. (1:26) A hunting wasp emerges from a hole in the ground. (1:42) Close up of a hunting wasp. (1:46) Praying mantis attempting to eat a hunting wasp. (2:28) Hunting wasp stinging a cricket, paralyzing the cricket. (3:13) Hunting wasp licking cricket’s body. (3:45) Hunting wasp carrying cricket’s body. (3:58) Inside hunting wasp nest, crickets inside. (4:29) Female black widow spider tending to her egg case suspended from her web. (4:51) Female black widow spider cutting loose egg case carrying it from her legs. (5:11) Hunting wasp flying into spider web (5:14) Female black widow spider spinning web around body of hunting wasp. (6:01) Solpugid hunting black widow spider. (6:20) Scorpion fighting solpugid. (7:08) Scorpion fighting another scorpion. (8:45) Two scorpions in battle, stinging themselves to death. (9:04) The end. (9:10) The film ends with a title card reminding viewers that “ For Victory Buy United States War Savings Bond Stamps ” Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgdhXqIKKsc Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:02:49 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/a501724e-dbd1-4eb8-aefe-0708114a4e6b All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.