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The Adventures of a Blue Fly

The Adventures of a Blue Fly

1954 · 28 min · Documentary

This film was produced as an extension of a research film on the metamorphosis of the fly. It successively shows the hatching of the eggs, the nutrition and growth of the larvae, swarming and underground penetration, the formation of the pupa, metamorphosis and organization of the adult insect.

Directed by Pierre Thévenard · Written by Pierre Thévenard

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