14 minutes of dragonfly drama more intense than your last situationship.
Calopteryx cornelia only occurs in one color morph and shows the typical dragonfly behavior. Species of the genus Mnais form different color morphs. Males with intensely colored wings are dominant over males with hyaline wings.
Cinematography
Dragonfly wing close-ups that slap harder than expected.
Direction
Rüppell turns bug mating into prestige television.
Director
Georg Rüppell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Mnais genus's color polymorphism was a hot research topic in '90s behavioral ecology—this film captures that scientific moment.
German nature documentaries of this era had a uniquely unflinching, almost clinical approach to animal sex that American counterparts avoided.
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