NaN/100 votesLoading...#1 - The Dung Beetle Battle
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 2/25/2007
A dung beetle is busy pushing his piece of dung methodically when he is passed by another dung beetle pushing a bigger ball. The very sight drives him mad. A ridiculous competition takes place between the two insects…
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#2 - Totem
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 3/4/2007
A column of ants finds a cell phone in an undergrowth and carries it back to the anthill. The phone is propped up vertically like a divinity and whether is rings or lights up the device regulates everyday life inside the anthill as the ants dash towards it filled with respect whenever the bell rings…
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#3 - Insect High Velocity
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 4/22/2007
A show-off dragonfly annoys everyone with her back-firing engine. She suddenly comes across a serious contender: a wasp provokes her with her humming cylinders. The chase starts…
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#4 - The Good Education
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 4/22/2007
A mother ladybug teaches her babies the things of the world.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#5 - Caterpillars in Pairs
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 6/30/2007
Two caterpillars (a big yellow one and a small green one) are looking for a love nest. We later get a glimpse of the fruit of their union: a big yellow egg and a small yellow egg rapidly produce two caterpillars of the same bulk and colour. When the time comes to turn into butterflies, it’s no small surprise…
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#6 - Cicada's Song
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 7/1/2007
A column of ants goes back and forth under the scorching sun to carry goods. Up on a branch cicadas watch the convoy and sing. With each new trip one of the ants looks more and more intrigued and captivated by the singing cicadas…
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#7 - Yellow
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 7/1/2007
This centipede is the biggest coward to be crawling the face of the earth, everything scares him to death: a falling leaf, the faintest noise and so on. When the thunder storm starts brewing he finds shelter first under a plastic cup and then inside a pipe connected to the garden hose. Probably not the safest place!
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#8 - Cowardly Coward
Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 7/8/2007
A coward centipede has a hard time mustering his strength to cross the road because of all the passing cars. After a few failed attempts on his part another braver snail crosses the road, slowly but surely…
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#9 - A Gust of Wind
Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 7/8/2007
The wind is picking up on the plain and the insects have a hard time dealing with all the elements unleashing around them. A small fly and a spider are trying to resist being shaken about and joggled roughly… when the wind suddenly stops.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#10 - The Persevering One
Season 1 Episode 43 - Aired 7/14/2007
Who said spiders don’t persevere? A little spider is strongly determined to catch a groggy fly who just got into an accident and decides to launch a courageous assault. Never before seen chase on dry land…
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#11 - Horsefly
Season 1 Episode 44 - Aired 7/14/2007
A ladybug is having a great time getting a rise out of a group of flies she is insulting profusely. The flies react in the twinkling of an eye and start chasing the ladybug who is rapidly a length ahead. The flies request the intervention of one of their colleagues, a huge and very beefy horsefly…
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#12 - Chewing Gum
Season 1 Episode 45 - Aired 7/15/2007
A nosy fly glues herself on a piece of chewing gum on the asphalt. How will she manage to get rid of her sticky and cumbersome load?
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#13 - The Caterpillar Who Wanted to See the Ocean
Season 1 Episode 46 - Aired 7/15/2007
By sheer chance a little green caterpillar comes across a piece of newspaper strewn on the ground. The puzzled insect stares at a black and white picture: it is a beautiful sunset on a pretty beach. The caterpillar makes up her mind to go looking for this heavenly place…
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#14 - Infernal Anthill
Season 1 Episode 47 - Aired 7/21/2007
What happens when two ant colonies start competing to build the most beautiful anthill? Each colony performs in a different architectural style and gives free rein to their wildest imagination until they start defying the laws of gravity…
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#15 - Rosy
Season 1 Episode 49 - Aired 7/22/2007
It’s a busy day outside the anthill. One ant tries to carry inside heteroclite and flashy objects but the boss won’t let him in. It’s never easy to stand out in a conformist world…
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#16 - A Rolling Snail Gathers No Moss
Season 1 Episode 51 - Aired 7/28/2007
In a kindergarten, a few snails move up at a snail’s pace along a metal surface. The journey lasts for quite a while. The snails eventually reach the top of a playground slide and enjoy a few fast slides…
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#17 - Sleepless Night
Season 1 Episode 52 - Aired 7/28/2007
One night a moth encounters a butterfly. The moth falls in love instantly and when the dawn breaks he must fight sleep in order to woo his lady. Is their love impossible?
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#18 - Cicada Do Brazil
Season 1 Episode 53 - Aired 7/29/2007
Unlike her fellow creatures one little cicada has Brazilian strains to her music whenever she “sings”. The scene takes place in Provence and the cultural clash is hard to deal with. However the cicadas will find the perfect chord to strike a universal language…
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#19 - The Right Seed
Season 1 Episode 54 - Aired 7/29/2007
A ladybug is looking for a seed, finds it and plants it. A little fruit tree grows and our ladybug carefully chooses a fruit he gives as a present to a female ladybug…
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#20 - The Zzzzz Patrol
Season 1 Episode 55 - Aired 8/4/2007
A ladybug is awoken in the middle of her nap by a wasp squadron busy flying about, looping the loop and breaking the sound barrier. The ladybug cannot take it any longer and starts insulting the annoying insects profusely…
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#21 - Goofing Off
Season 1 Episode 56 - Aired 8/4/2007
A column of ants is busy carrying small rocks towards their anthill. One of the ants repeatedly leaves the work site to take a nap. Yet the foreman keeps an eye on him and wakes him up with a start each time. Go to work!
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#22 - Torpedo
Season 1 Episode 57 - Aired 8/5/2007
A mosquito dips his sting in a jar of mustard, causing an immediate and spectacular result: he takes off like a rocket. Our mosquito soon turns into a mad jackhammer…
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#23 - No Exit
Season 1 Episode 58 - Aired 8/25/2007
A bee enters a large house through an open door. Suddenly the humans leave the house and lock the bee inside. She’ll do anything to recover her freedom…
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#24 - King Size Camembert
Season 1 Episode 59 - Aired 8/11/2007
A little yellow spider finds all sorts of incredible tricks to catch a fly on the picnic tablecloth. The solution may very well be in the box of camembert cheese yet an unexpected event thwarts her plans…
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#25 - Hyperactive
Season 1 Episode 60 - Aired 8/11/2007
A hyperactive baby ladybug eludes her parents’ attention and gets herself into a lot of trouble when she starts provoking a group of bees who immediately chase her. Our baby ladybug is finally out of the woods and goes back to her parents who failed noticing she was missing…
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The Worst Episodes of Minuscule: The Private Life of Insects
Every episode of Minuscule: The Private Life of Insects ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Minuscule: The Private Life of Insects!
Short video animations giving a bird's eye view of insects' day to day existence, distorted through a burlesque, yet poetic lens.
Genres:KidsDocumentaryAnimation
Worst Episodes Summary
"The Dung Beetle Battle" is the worst rated episode of "Minuscule: The Private Life of Insects". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/25/2007. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Totem".