caterpillar trailer

THE film 'Caterpillar – The Story of a Survivor' takes the viewer on a journey with the undervalued children of butterflies. This nature documentary is actually an exciting 'coming of age' film, in which the process of growing up is recorded very closely. We follow a caterpillar of a Large Cabbage White that crawls out of the egg and starts eating its favourite cabbage plant. But that does not go unnoticed. Various attackers come to the caterpillars. It remains exciting until the end and strangely enough, many caterpillars become a completely different animal than a butterfly. Gradually it becomes clear how beautifully the community of plants and animals around (and even inside) these caterpillars is entangled. A warm plea for the preservation of biodiversity.

The film was made by Hans Smid, on the occasion of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Laboratory of Entomology at Wageningen University.

The narrator is Louise E.M. Vet, emeritus professor of evolutionary ecology, former director of NIOO-KNAW and chair of the Delta Plan for Biodiversity Recovery.