Minuscule: The Private Life of Insects — Season 2
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
About this season
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 (96)
1. Like a cannon ball
Aired 2 April 2011 • 6 min
2. The Wing Case
Aired 4 April 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.
3. Webrizon
Aired 5 April 2011 • 6 min
4. Pea supper
Aired 6 April 2011 • 6 min
A small spider tries out different techniques to open a can of peas.
5. Homeless
Aired 8 June 2011 • 6 min
6. Bzzapping
Aired 9 June 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?
7. The stubborn spider
Aired 10 June 2011 • 6 min
8. An acorn season
Aired 13 June 2011 • 6 min
9. Sausage predator
Aired 14 June 2011 • 6 min
10. Microzilla
Aired 15 June 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.
11. Honey fly
Aired 16 June 2011 • 6 min
12. Mission BBQ
Aired 17 June 2011 • 6 min
13. The Vegetable Garden
Aired 20 June 2011 • 6 min
14. Thievish as a magpie
Aired 21 June 2011 • 6 min
15. A pathetic she'nut'igan
Aired 22 June 2011 • 6 min
16. The grasshopper who didn't know how to leap
Aired 23 June 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.
17. Chewing-gum rodeo
Aired 24 June 2011 • 6 min
18. Valentine's day
Aired 25 June 2011 • 6 min
19. Acrobatics
Aired 26 June 2011 • 6 min
20. The hat of the medusa
Aired 27 June 2011 • 6 min
21. Night of the gastropods
Aired 28 June 2011 • 6 min
22. A pea in the hand is worth...
Aired 4 July 2011 • 6 min
23. Glue
Aired 5 July 2011 • 6 min
24. The wicked web
Aired 6 July 2011 • 6 min
25. Mad fly
Aired 7 July 2011 • 6 min
26. The cruel cow in the meadow
Aired 8 July 2011 • 6 min
27. The chocolate chase!
Aired 17 September 2011 • 6 min
28. If only lonely
Aired 19 September 2011 • 6 min
29. Catch Me If You Can
Aired 20 September 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?
30. The housing plant project
Aired 21 September 2011 • 6 min
31. At full speed
Aired 22 September 2011 • 6 min
32. The annoying neighbor
Aired 23 September 2011 • 6 min
33. Thirsty
Aired 26 September 2011 • 6 min
34. Need for speed
Aired 29 September 2011 • 3 min
35. Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind
Aired 1 October 2011 • 6 min
36. The butterfly effect
Aired 5 October 2011 • 6 min
37. Fly hunting
Aired 6 October 2011 • 6 min
38. A butterfly's nightmare
Aired 12 October 2011 • 6 min
39. Patatas fritas
Aired 29 October 2011 • 6 min
40. He who laughs last, laughs longest
Aired 2 November 2011 • 6 min
41. Fly swatter
Aired 7 November 2011 • 6 min
42. Spider from the Depths
Aired 12 November 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.
43. High voltage
Aired 19 November 2011 • 6 min
44. A Christmas Apple
Aired 22 November 2011 • 6 min
45. Gather more to pollinate more
Aired 26 November 2011 • 6 min
46. The iron monster
Aired 3 December 2011 • 6 min
47. The long road
Aired 10 December 2011 • 6 min
48. The yule log
Aired 17 December 2011 • 6 min
49. Rascals!
4.5Aired 21 December 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.
50. The Grocery store incident
Aired 23 December 2011 • 6 min
A mischievous ladybird lures a bunch of flies into a crazy chase inside a supermarket.
51. Spider driver
Aired 24 December 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.
52. Snow carrot
Aired 26 December 2011 • 6 min
53. Down the chimney
Aired 27 December 2011 • 6 min
54. Trapped
Aired 29 December 2011 • 6 min
55. The monster of the haunted swamp
Aired 31 December 2011 • 6 min
In a gloomy swamp, the insects are terrified by a frightening shape which produces strange sounds.
56. Turbo speed
Aired 4 January 2012 • 6 min
57. Snow fly
Aired 7 January 2012 • 6 min
58. A candlelight christmas
Aired 16 January 2012 • 6 min
59. Ants on the train
Aired 18 January 2012 • 6 min
60. zzz in the metro
Aired 21 January 2012 • 6 min
61. Go blue go!
Aired 28 January 2012 • 6 min
62. Chocolate fly
Aired 1 February 2012 • 6 min
63. The sled and the ant
Aired 14 February 2012 • 6 min
64. Refrigerated
Aired 15 February 2012 • 6 min
65. zzzZZZzzz
Aired 18 February 2012 • 6 min
66. Plant pot trickery
Aired 25 February 2012 • 6 min
67. Broom's sweep
Aired 28 February 2012 • 6 min
68. The magic fly
Aired 29 February 2012 • 6 min
69. Telecanetic
Aired 1 March 2012 • 6 min
70. Brushing
Aired 3 March 2012 • 6 min
71. The artist
Aired 7 March 2012 • 6 min
72. Twelve angry snails
Aired 8 March 2012 • 6 min
73. A dream of speed
Aired 14 March 2012 • 7 min
74. Blunder
Aired 29 March 2012 • 6 min
75. Mosquito net
Aired 19 April 2012 • 6 min
76. The doughnut
Aired 23 April 2012 • 6 min
77. Sunburn
Aired 24 April 2012 • 6 min
78. Away all boarders!
Aired 26 April 2012 • 6 min
Inside a cosy countryside cottage in midwinter, two rival groups of ants fight over a handful of olives.
79. To the port now!
Aired 27 April 2012 • 6 min
80. Love apple
Aired 30 April 2012 • 6 min
81. Ant on the rocks
Aired 5 May 2012 • 6 min
82. Sand castle
Aired 12 May 2012 • 6 min
83. The grocery store racketeer
Aired 19 May 2012 • 6 min
84. Metamorphosis
Aired 13 October 2012 • 6 min
85. Pollution
Aired 17 October 2012 • 6 min
86. Ladybugland
Aired 20 October 2012 • 6 min
87. Umbrella and coconut trees
Aired 20 October 2012 • 6 min
88. The mosquito of the caribbean
Aired 26 February 2013 • 6 min
89. beehive on a troll
Aired 30 May 2013 • 6 min
90. It's a tie!
Aired 21 June 2013 • 6 min
91. Top tabasco
Aired 15 July 2013 • 6 min
92. Labyrinth
Aired 15 July 2013 • 6 min
93. Sleep walker
Aired 30 September 2013 • 6 min
94. White as snow
Aired 23 December 2013 • 6 min
95. Black slope for gastropod skiers
Aired 2 January 2014 • 6 min
96. Summer hat
Aired 20 May 2015 • 6 min