7.3/1030 votes#1 - The 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 votes#2 - Shell 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 votes#3 - Wasp 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 votes#4 - Picnic
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 votes#5 - The 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 votes#6 - Sleeping 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 - A Snail's Dream
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/2006
A snail is crossing an undergrowth at a snail’s pace. All of a sudden he steps on it and goes faster and faster. He flies past at full speed leaving a cloud of dust in his trail. Could he be dreaming this
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7.1/1021 votes#8 - The 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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7.2/1019 votes#9 - Halloween Paranoid
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/31/2006
It is Halloween night. A scaredy-cat centipede is afraid of every single insect he comes across. A reversal of fortune is going to change the deal: now he can scare the life out of everyone…
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7.3/1018 votes#10 - Zzzeplin
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#11 - Hiccups
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/2/2006
A grasshopper jumps from one branch to the next with much exactness and calculation. The finely oiled piece of mechanics is in jeopardy when the grasshopper starts having a hiccup fit and starts jumping erratically…
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7.2/1018 votes#12 - Nap Time
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/3/2006
A ladybug finds herself a nice and quiet spot to take a nap on a scorching hot day. She falls asleep and slips into a dream when the shrill cry of a cicada wakes her up…
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6.9/1017 votes#13 - Catapult
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 votes#14 - The 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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7.1/1014 votes#15 - Shell Proof Nut
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 11/18/2006
Our friends the little ants are faced with a major problem: how to open a nut? Luckily they don’t lack original ideas and find all sorts of extravagant ways to complete their mission…
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7.4/1015 votes#16 - Dragonflies
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 votes#17 - Lettuce
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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7.4/1014 votes#18 - A Bee's Night Out
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 12/16/2006
A little bee moves too far away from the hive, gets lost and has to spend the night out. The little scared insect has only one idea in mind: finding her way back home…
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7.1/1014 votes#19 - Windswept
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 12/23/2006
A fly is taking a nice stroll inside a living room in a house. A spider is laying in wait and starts chasing her, but the fly uses a fan to thwart her plans…
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7.3/1015 votes#20 - O 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 votes#21 - Come 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 votes#22 - The 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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7.2/1013 votes#23 - Caterpillar Dream
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 12/31/2006
A caterpillar watches various flying insects from her observation spot on a shrub. She would like to fly too. Well, that’s when day-dreaming comes in handy…
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7.9/107 votes#24 - No Luck
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 1/6/2007
Interior house. A little hairy spider tirelessly chases a fly who easily thwarts her plans. Who said spiders were pea-brains?
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7.9/107 votes#25 - Ugly
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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The Best Episodes of Minuscule: The Private Life of Insects Season 1
Every episode of Minuscule: The Private Life of Insects Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Minuscule: The Private Life of Insects Season 1!
Short video animations giving a bird's eye view of insects' day to day existence, distorted through a burlesque, yet poetic lens.
Genres:KidsDocumentaryAnimation
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Ladybug" is the best rated episode of "Minuscule: The Private Life of Insects" season 1. It scored 7.3/10 based on 30 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/25/2006. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Shell Less".