Fire Ant On Trial, 1959

Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:28:15 Dramatic photomicrography and animation combine to tell the serious story of the imported fire ant. In their constant search for food and shelter, fire ants are shown as they interfere with farm machinery operations and construction crews, and menace workers in the fields and children at play. Shows underground honeycomb of chambers inside an ant colony, where ants lay eggs, and develop into larvae and pupae, and reveals the four major adult forms of the insect. 1402-T48