All Episodes of Minuscule: The Private Life of Insects
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Season 1
7.3/1030 votesThe Ladybug
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/25/2006
A ladybug curtly insults a swarm of bees hanging out on a trash can. The bees start chasing the cheeky insect right away. A chase ensues above the asphalt roads while a spider who happens to be in the way gets herself in trouble…
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8.0/1022 votesShell Less
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/25/2006
A caterpillar finds herself by accident in the middle of litter of newly born snails. The baby snails grow and grow and the caterpillar tries really hard to fit in yet there remains an issue: unlike her brothers and sisters she does not have a shell…
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7.1/1020 votesWasp Belle
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/26/2006
A wasp squadron crosses the sky performing innumerable and spectacular aerobatics. One of the wasps is intoxicated by the exciting exercise and starts leaving the formation to climb vertically all the way to the stratosphere. The harder the fall…
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6.7/1021 votesPicnic
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/2006
On a tablecloth on a picnic table a spider watches a fly stuffing herself inside a jar of jam: the insect is the ideal prey. After a few unsuccessful attempts on the part of the spider to catch the fly, other spiders joins in to give their friend a hand. When quantity doesn’t mean quality…
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7.0/1022 votesThe Bridge Over the River Zzzzzeee
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2006
A column of ants is faced with an impassable crack on the ground. What can they do? Following their boss’ orders the ants devise a rather original plan: they start building a plane with a piece of newspaper.
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7.1/1021 votesSleeping In
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/2006
A new day is dawning and the bees inside the beehive wake up and get out to start gathering nectar on their work day. One of the bees sleeps in. Once she makes it outside she cannot find any place to gather nectar as all the flowers are occupied. Our bee suddenly has a strike of genius…
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7.2/1024 votes
7.1/1021 votesThe Last Supper
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/30/2006
A group of flies is busy chasing a ladybug who just insulted them when everyone suddenly stops in front of a picnic table for a providential bite. The calculating and patient ladybug watches the flies stuff themselves. The chase resumes and the flies have a hard time keeping up with her…
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7.3/1018 votesZzzeplin
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/2/2006
A spider is lying in wait on her web when a balloon gets caught in the branches next to her. The spider is determined to get rid of the cumbersome object and climbs on the balloon when it suddenly comes unhooked and takes off in the air…
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7.0/1016 votes
6.9/1017 votesCatapult
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/3/2006
A grasshopper is hiding in the tall green grass, having a blast using her powerful thighs to jump all over the place and bump into other dumbfounded insects. This little game goes on with complete impunity until the wheel starts to turn…
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6.9/1016 votesThe Winter of Our Discontent
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 11/15/2006
A fly is overcome by the cold winter weather and finds shelter inside a house; she rushes to the radiator to get warmer. Tough luck, as the radiator is already occupied by a starving spider who is thrilled to see ready food on the way…
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7.4/1015 votesDragonflies
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 11/25/2006
These dragonflies make such a terrible racket! They are noisy and force their own rules on whoever comes near. A ladybug is determined to see justice done and starts provoking them in order to pull them down a peg or two…
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6.9/1014 votesLettuce
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 12/2/2006
A little caterpillar hangs out on a salad. Everything is going smoothly in her life when all of a sudden: danger’s lurking! She spots a snail slowly but surely coming towards her. Our caterpillar has a paranoia attack and starts picturing the snail stuffing himself with her very own private salad…
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7.3/1015 votesO Tannenbaum
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 12/23/2006
A fly keeps trying to land on the branches of a Christmas tree but this spider is hell-bent of gobbling her up. The exasperated fly soon comes up with an original and unexpected stratagem to render the predator harmless…
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7.3/1014 votesCome Christmas
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 12/24/2006
It is snowing outside. A mosquito finds shelter inside a house with the intention of getting warmer in front of the fireplace. Typical Christmassy atmosphere with the tree and the piles of gifts. Another mosquito enters the picture…
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7.6/1012 votesThe Quest For The Pink Lollipop
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 12/30/2006
A colony of ants comes across a pink lollipop. They take it along with them in the twinkling of an eye. A fly squadron views the scene unfavourably and endeavours to retrieve the lollipop from the ants’ legs. The battle is raging between the crawling and the flying insects. Who shall win?
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7.9/107 votesUgly
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 1/7/2007
Everyone if filled with admiration for the sublime caterpillar showing off on the podium like a top model. Nature follows its course and pretty soon the caterpillar turns into a chrysalis… and into an appeal-deprived ugly as sin butterfly. Yesterday’s fans snigger at the sight of sheer ugliness…
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8.1/108 votesNarcissus
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 1/13/2007
A beetle comes across a piece of mirror and discovers his own reflection. What an amazing discovery! Our beetle spends all his time admiring his own image when the mirror disappears! Our little narcissus starts investigating…
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N/A/100 votesThe 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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8.0/106 votesUnited We Stand
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 3/4/2007
A fly enters a plastic bottle and finds herself imprisoned inside. A second fly shows up and joins her inside, then another one, and another one. Curiosity killed the cat. Our flies have no choice but to take off with the bottle…
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N/A/100 votesTotem
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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7.8/105 votesCity Caterpillar Butterfly Of The Fields
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 4/15/2007
A little green caterpillar is stressed out by the pace of life and decides to take a rest. She hops on public transportation and reaches the countryside… where she can finally turn into a butterfly…
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N/A/100 votesCaterpillars 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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N/A/100 votesCicada'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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N/A/100 votesYellow
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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7.4/107 votesThe Caterpillar and the Brook
Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 7/7/2007
A caterpillar is indulging in the gluttonous chewing of all the leaves on top of a bush. Once the branches are entirely bare, the caterpillar spots another luxuriant bush in the distance. As we all know the shortest distance between two points is a line and our caterpillar sets out straight ahead until he is faced with a brook…
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N/A/100 votesA 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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N/A/100 votesHorsefly
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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N/A/100 votesThe 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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N/A/100 votesInfernal 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…
Director: Unknown
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7.7/107 votesThe Apple Of Concord
Season 1 Episode 48 - Aired 7/21/2007
Two caterpillars live in two separate apples on an apple tree. All of a sudden human beings turn up and start picking the fruits, taking with them one of the two caterpillars in their baskets. This is the story of a beautiful friendship: the remaining caterpillar starts out to find his friend again…
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6.9/108 votesIt Never Rains But It Pours
Season 1 Episode 50 - Aired 7/22/2007
These are hard times for the little snails because of the drought. One snail seems to have found a solution and induces his fellow creatures to follow him. The snails set out on an incredible journey to find a refreshing water point under the pouring rain of a car wash…
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N/A/100 votesA 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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N/A/100 votesCicada 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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N/A/100 votesThe 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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N/A/100 votesHyperactive
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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N/A/100 votesA Cruel World
Season 1 Episode 61 - Aired 8/12/2007
A centipede finds a full pack of chips in an undergrowth. Lucky day, he has so much to eat now! Our centipede is frightened, though, how can he deal with his enemies: should he eat the chips one by one or take them one by one to a safer place?
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N/A/100 votesOut Of a Tin Can
Season 1 Episode 65 - Aired 8/19/2007
A spider is using a tin can as a trap device. A fly keeps approaching the danger zone but never falls into the spider’s trap; she plays a little game of hide-and-seek instead. Against all odds the spider and the fly end up living together in perfect harmony…
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N/A/100 votesMad Fly
Season 1 Episode 69 - Aired 8/26/2007
In a small village in Provence a little fly bumps against a shutter. The shock makes her a little “crazy” and she starts crashing against bells and car hoods to trigger off all the alarms she can possibly find… How can such a tiny insect create such a din?
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N/A/100 votesSome Weird Fly
Season 1 Episode 71 - Aired 9/1/2007
A fly approaches a cow in a field and is welcome with a tail slap right in the face. The fly is groggy and starts convulsing. The crazy fly becomes hyper and aggressive and starts provoking a ladybug who’d rather avoid the confrontation…
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N/A/100 votesOn Your Mark, Get Set, Go!
Season 1 Episode 72 - Aired 9/1/2007
A bee, a wasp, a dragonfly and a ladybug are on the starting line, ready for the race. The last competitor, namely a snail, shows up late. The race starts and as the saying goes “slow and steady wins the race”.
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N/A/100 votesDung Beetle Blues
Season 1 Episode 75 - Aired 6/21/2008
Our dung beetle has no sense of geometry and is unable to turn his piece of dung into a round-shaped ball. The vexed little insect will instead choose anything that looks more or less like a sphere: a ping-pong ball, a golf ball…
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N/A/100 votesCherry Tomato
Season 1 Episode 77 - Aired 6/21/2008
A fly pinches a little cherry tomato and flies away with it. The tomato feels really heavy, and it should; a sly ladybug is hanging on to the fruit like a dead weight. The fly steps up to carry the uncontrollable tomato…
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