Extreme Bugs
Extreme Bugs

Extreme Bugs (2025)

7.0 (1 votes)
1 Season
December 4, 2025
English
Documentary

Synopsis

Camouflage, deception and deadly precision: insects arrive with surprising survival strategies and thus take their place in the animal world. From bomb-igniting beetles, web-throwing spiders to tricky antlions – worldwide, the insect world has developed amazing abilities to protect itself from attackers and obtain food.

Creator

Craig Meade, Michael Tear

Network

ARTE

Episodes

The Biggest
E1

The Biggest

Dec 4, 2025
44 min

Poison, power, stealth — this episode features the wildest prepper insects in nature. Giant Herculean beetles, capable of lifting incredible weights, and stick insects that blend perfectly with their environment, fight for life in the harshest conditions on Earth.

The most evil ones
E2

The most evil ones

Dec 4, 2025
44 min

We are immersed in the world of the most ferocious insects, where poison, ambushes and strange weapons rule the roost. Bullet ants with the most painful bite of insects, predatory antlion larvae that build death traps, and riders that lay eggs in the bodies of other insects. Here survival — is war, and being bad has become the crown of evolution.

Cast

Details

Original Title

Extreme Bugs

Status

Ended

Seasons

1

Episodes

2

Production

WildBear Entertainment, ZDF/Arte, ITV Studios Australia