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You can stream Microcosmos (1996) on Criterion Channel with a subscription.

A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time-lapse photography. It includes bees collecting nectar, ladybugs eating mites, snails mating, spiders wrapping their catch, a scarab beetle relentlessly pushing its ball of dung uphill, endless lines of caterpillars, an underwater spider creating an air bubble to live in, and a mosquito hatching.

Microcosmos is a film that explores themes of insect, biology, narration. It also touches on ant and biotope and nature.

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