Insect Movies

La vispa Teresa (“Lively Theresa”) is based on a well known song; a girl, ten, catches a butterfly and all the other insects intervene to...

The courtship rituals of animals and plants are compared to those of contemporary society, with educational and frequently humorous results.

A jilted husband takes his revenge by filming his wife and her lover and showing the result at the local cinema. This was one of Starewicz' first...

Killer murder hornets attack America.

Ant colonies are one of the wonders of nature: complex, organised… and mysterious. This programme reveals the secret, underground world of the...

This is the story of a vegetable garden, from the first seeds to the harvest. But this garden is different, because here the gardener has decided to...

Brightheart and her insect buddies form a task force called the Firefly Action Brigade to protect and serve their village. One day their peace is...

Struggling with a mid-life crisis, Robert Oelman leaves his psychology career in the early 1990s to photograph rare and exotic insects. After moving...

A Florida crop-duster gets more than he bargained for when he fishes a case of vials out of the swamp.

When the chances of winning the heart of a newslady are slimmed by a wealthy rival of his, a caring yet clumsy college professor creates a love...

Untangling the web of cultural and historical ties underlying Japan's deep fascination with insects.

Various members of the insect world join forces to harass a man who unknowingly makes their lives miserable.

A 1983 short film directed by Eduard Nazarov about an ant who gets blown away with the wind from its home and the adventures it goes through in...

Katy Caterpillar lives in a cherry tree deep in the forest, but she longs to see the wide world. When she finally gets her chance, she meets lots of...

A hungry mosquito spots and follows a man on his way home. The mosquito slips into the room where the man is sleeping, and gets ready for a meal. His...

A Father Christmas ornament climbs down from a decorated tree, and goes to the forest. There he creates and decorates a Christmas tree for the forest...

Seemingly at random, the wings and other bits of moths and insects move rapidly across the screen. Most are brown or sepia; up close, we can see...

Erik is a Dutch ten year-old schoolboy who is studying insects at school, and gets shown and explained a bit about them by his kind and knowledgeable...