The Extraordinary Caterpillar takes you on a playful and extraordinary visual journey into the little-known world of this tiny superhero of biodiversity. Leading scientists, environmentalists, and ordinary citizens help tell the tale of these wonders of nature. With thousands of caterpillar species in North America, stunning macro images in this film shine a microscopic spotlight to reveal their unique beauty, metamorphosis, and the essential role they play in our planet's food web.

To reveal the inner workings of our planet’s foundational food web, naturalist Sam Jaffe from The Caterpillar Lab uses dazzling macro-videography to magnify tiny, fantastical, anime-like creatures – caterpillars! Sam’s images reveal a weird and wonderful world beyond imagination of behaviour, form, and function that will inspire people to take a second look at the hidden world happening in their own yard.

Also features Entomologist Doug Tallamy (Homegrown National Park); Toronto gardener Amanda McConnell; research co-ordinator, Jack Forrester; entomology technician Antonia Guidotti from the Royal Ontario Museum, botanist and naturalist Laura Reeves, and horticulturalist Andrea F. Stauber.