
	Entomologist Georges Brossard invites us to witness the impressive military manoeuvres that are taking place in Venezuela's mysterious tropical forests. As we might suspect, the soldiers are actually insects. The reason behind this war: a battle for their survival. Chemical warfare, camouflage, detection of radar waves, sap war, air supremacy, kamikazes attacks, all military tactics and techniques engineered by different insects for offensive as well as defensive purposes. Shining leaf chafers, with their gleaming metallic colours, use a camouflage technique that until recently was a state secret. The best assault helicopters are no match for dragonfly acrobatics. Compared to army ants, the hordes of Gengis Khan look like boy scouts. Do you know of any arms race worthy of this name? How about the one that has been going on for 100 million years between ants and termites? War is far too important to leave it to the military. Why not leave it to the real experts: the insects?