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  A Bumblebee Mimic Robber Fly (Laphria macquarti) Hunting

  June 28, 2018 at 4:55 pm / Ecological Documentaries, Natural history, NatureDocumentaries.org, Short Observations, Video, Wildlife Documentaries

  A Bumblebee Mimic Robber Fly (Laphria macquarti) hunting. June 26th 2018, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD. Robber flies (Asilidae) are predatory insects. Adult forms of both sexes launch grasping aerial attacks on other insects, including stinging insects such as bees and wasps. For this reason they are also known as ‘bee catchers’. Foraging occurs in sunny habitats. They are seldom found in deep woods where it is dark. Here in this observation, the habitat is an exposed sunny edge […]

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  The Incredible Oyster Reef – Chesapeake Bay Foundation (2017)

  June 28, 2018 at 4:01 pm / Ecological Documentaries, Natural history, Wildlife Documentaries

  Poor water quality, disease, and harvesting nearly put an end to native oyster (Crassostrea virginica) in Chesapeake Bay. Restoration of the bay to pre-Columbian levels is challenging. The film commissioned by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation explores the ecology of this keystone species providing services to maintain a healthy biological community. A single oyster can filter up to 50 gallons of water in the Chesapeake Bay in a single day. Oysters filter nutrient and suspended sediment from the water column. Moreover, […]

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