Minuscule: The Private Life of Insects
Minuscule: The Private Life of Insects: Season 2

Air Date

April 2, 2011

Episodes

96 episodes

Minuscule: The Private Life of Insects

Season 2

Overview

Following on from the worldwide success of season 1, Minuscule season 2 continues to follow a mischievous ladybird, a depressed mosquito, an inept jumping spider and a greedy fly. Imagine a National Geographic style documentary without dialog or commentary, just quirky, offbeat insects.

Episodes

Like a cannon ball

1. Like a cannon ball

April 2, 2011
6 min
The Wing Case

2. The Wing Case

April 4, 2011
6 min

Saved by the providential fall of a tiny egg, a mother ladybug adopts it. When it hatches, she realises it contains a little caterpillar.

Webrizon

3. Webrizon

April 5, 2011
6 min
Pea supper

4. Pea supper

April 6, 2011
6 min

A small spider tries out different techniques to open a can of peas.

Homeless

5. Homeless

June 8, 2011
6 min
Bzzapping

6. Bzzapping

June 9, 2011
6 min

A fly and a spider are watching sports on television. They disagree as to which channel they want to watch. It's duel time for the remote control. Who is going to let go: the spider, the fly... or the TV?

The stubborn spider

7. The stubborn spider

June 10, 2011
6 min
An acorn season

8. An acorn season

June 13, 2011
6 min
Sausage predator

9. Sausage predator

June 14, 2011
6 min
Microzilla

10. Microzilla

June 15, 2011
6 min

A careless fly escapes from a hungry spider by shutting herself inside a microwave oven. The radiations turn her into a powerful monster fly the size of an orange.

Honey fly

11. Honey fly

June 16, 2011
6 min
Mission BBQ

12. Mission BBQ

June 17, 2011
6 min
The Vegetable Garden

13. The Vegetable Garden

June 20, 2011
6 min
Thievish as a magpie

14. Thievish as a magpie

June 21, 2011
6 min
A pathetic she'nut'igan

15. A pathetic she'nut'igan

June 22, 2011
6 min
The grasshopper who didn't know how to leap

16. The grasshopper who didn't know how to leap

June 23, 2011
6 min

A grasshopper who's just had babies hurries to teach them the most important lesson of all: how to leap properly. But one of the babies is unable to hop and ends up an outcast.

Chewing-gum rodeo

17. Chewing-gum rodeo

June 24, 2011
6 min
Valentine's day

18. Valentine's day

June 25, 2011
6 min
Acrobatics

19. Acrobatics

June 26, 2011
6 min
The hat of the medusa

20. The hat of the medusa

June 27, 2011
6 min
Night of the gastropods

21. Night of the gastropods

June 28, 2011
6 min
A pea in the hand is worth...

22. A pea in the hand is worth...

July 4, 2011
6 min
Glue

23. Glue

July 5, 2011
6 min
The wicked web

24. The wicked web

July 6, 2011
6 min
Mad fly

25. Mad fly

July 7, 2011
6 min
The cruel cow in the meadow

26. The cruel cow in the meadow

July 8, 2011
6 min
The chocolate chase!

27. The chocolate chase!

September 17, 2011
6 min
If only lonely

28. If only lonely

September 19, 2011
6 min
Catch Me If You Can

29. Catch Me If You Can

September 20, 2011
6 min

A reckless male butterfly is interested in a female butterfly that is sitting on a crossroad sign over the other side of the road. Can he make it over to her in one piece?

The housing plant project

30. The housing plant project

September 21, 2011
6 min
At full speed

31. At full speed

September 22, 2011
6 min
The annoying neighbor

32. The annoying neighbor

September 23, 2011
6 min
Thirsty

33. Thirsty

September 26, 2011
6 min
Need for speed

34. Need for speed

September 29, 2011
3 min
Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind

35. Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind

October 1, 2011
6 min
The butterfly effect

36. The butterfly effect

October 5, 2011
6 min
Fly hunting

37. Fly hunting

October 6, 2011
6 min
A butterfly's nightmare

38. A butterfly's nightmare

October 12, 2011
6 min
Patatas fritas

39. Patatas fritas

October 29, 2011
6 min
He who laughs last, laughs longest

40. He who laughs last, laughs longest

November 2, 2011
6 min
Fly swatter

41. Fly swatter

November 7, 2011
6 min
Spider from the Depths

42. Spider from the Depths

November 12, 2011
6 min

Two spiders are hunting the same prey: a fat fly, lying unconscious on the surface of a pool. The booty will go to the spider that can reach the fly before it wakes up, and without getting wet of course.

High voltage

43. High voltage

November 19, 2011
6 min
A Christmas Apple

44. A Christmas Apple

November 22, 2011
6 min
Gather more to pollinate more

45. Gather more to pollinate more

November 26, 2011
6 min
The iron monster

46. The iron monster

December 3, 2011
6 min
The long road

47. The long road

December 10, 2011
6 min
The yule log

48. The yule log

December 17, 2011
6 min
Rascals!

49. Rascals!

4.5
December 21, 2011
6 min

A group of black ants get their food - a nice nut - stolen by a band of red ants. But the leader of the black ants isn't prepared to give up the fight.

The Grocery store incident

50. The Grocery store incident

December 23, 2011
6 min

A mischievous ladybird lures a bunch of flies into a crazy chase inside a supermarket.

Spider driver

51. Spider driver

December 24, 2011
6 min

A spider is trying out a miniature red toy car when a bus full of flies hits it. The flies are clearly looking for trouble. A ladybug comes to save the day, happy to give a lesson to these troublemakers.

Snow carrot

52. Snow carrot

December 26, 2011
6 min
Down the chimney

53. Down the chimney

December 27, 2011
6 min
Trapped

54. Trapped

December 29, 2011
6 min
The monster of the haunted swamp

55. The monster of the haunted swamp

December 31, 2011
6 min

In a gloomy swamp, the insects are terrified by a frightening shape which produces strange sounds.

Turbo speed

56. Turbo speed

January 4, 2012
6 min
Snow fly

57. Snow fly

January 7, 2012
6 min
A candlelight christmas

58. A candlelight christmas

January 16, 2012
6 min
Ants on the train

59. Ants on the train

January 18, 2012
6 min
zzz in the metro

60. zzz in the metro

January 21, 2012
6 min
Go blue go!

61. Go blue go!

January 28, 2012
6 min
Chocolate fly

62. Chocolate fly

February 1, 2012
6 min
The sled and the ant

63. The sled and the ant

February 14, 2012
6 min
Refrigerated

64. Refrigerated

February 15, 2012
6 min
zzzZZZzzz

65. zzzZZZzzz

February 18, 2012
6 min
Plant pot trickery

66. Plant pot trickery

February 25, 2012
6 min
Broom's sweep

67. Broom's sweep

February 28, 2012
6 min
The magic fly

68. The magic fly

February 29, 2012
6 min
Telecanetic

69. Telecanetic

March 1, 2012
6 min
Brushing

70. Brushing

March 3, 2012
6 min
The artist

71. The artist

March 7, 2012
6 min
Twelve angry snails

72. Twelve angry snails

March 8, 2012
6 min
A dream of speed

73. A dream of speed

March 14, 2012
7 min
Blunder

74. Blunder

March 29, 2012
6 min
Mosquito net

75. Mosquito net

April 19, 2012
6 min
The doughnut

76. The doughnut

April 23, 2012
6 min
Sunburn

77. Sunburn

April 24, 2012
6 min
Away all boarders!

78. Away all boarders!

April 26, 2012
6 min

Inside a cosy countryside cottage in midwinter, two rival groups of ants fight over a handful of olives.

To the port now!

79. To the port now!

April 27, 2012
6 min
Love apple

80. Love apple

April 30, 2012
6 min
Ant on the rocks

81. Ant on the rocks

May 5, 2012
6 min
Sand castle

82. Sand castle

May 12, 2012
6 min
The grocery store racketeer

83. The grocery store racketeer

May 19, 2012
6 min
Metamorphosis

84. Metamorphosis

October 13, 2012
6 min
Pollution

85. Pollution

October 17, 2012
6 min
Ladybugland

86. Ladybugland

October 20, 2012
6 min
Umbrella and coconut trees

87. Umbrella and coconut trees

October 20, 2012
6 min
The mosquito of the caribbean

88. The mosquito of the caribbean

February 26, 2013
6 min
beehive on a troll

89. beehive on a troll

May 30, 2013
6 min
It's a tie!

90. It's a tie!

June 21, 2013
6 min
Top tabasco

91. Top tabasco

July 15, 2013
6 min
Labyrinth

92. Labyrinth

July 15, 2013
6 min
Sleep walker

93. Sleep walker

September 30, 2013
6 min
White as snow

94. White as snow

December 23, 2013
6 min
Black slope for gastropod skiers

95. Black slope for gastropod skiers

January 2, 2014
6 min
Summer hat

96. Summer hat

May 20, 2015
6 min
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