Original title
Monster Bug Wars
Released
3/29/2011
Origin country
US
Genre
Documentary
Production companies
Beyond Productions
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
2
Number of episodes
12
An unparalleled look into the natural setting and fighting tactics of the world's deadliest, creepiest creatures.
In the world of bugs, a Giant Rainforest Mantis takes on a Spiky Leaf insect, a tiny Bull Ant battles a Redback Spider, and one of the most ill-tempered of spiders, the Sydney Funnelweb attacks an aggressive arch-rival, the Garden Wolf Spider.
In a fight to the death, a Tree Scorpion invades a Green Ant colony, a Cellar Spider attacks a White Tailed Spider and an Ant Lion takes on a Trap Jaw Ant. A Brown House Spider battles a Redback Spider and a Centipede fights a Desert Trapdoor Spider.
A Centipede battles a Swift Tree Mantid, a Whistling Tarantula meets a Bulldog Raspy Cricket and an Ogre-Faced Spider faces an Assassin Bug. A Marbled Scorpion fights aTrap-Jaw Ant and a Spitting Spider clashes with a Metallic Green Jumping Spider.
The fight is on when a Tent Spider and Katydid meet, a Banded Huntsman confronts a Jungle Huntsman, and a Rhinoceros Beetle meets a Meat Ant. A Jumping Spider crosses its Long-Jawed cousin, and a Grey Tree Runner Mantis and Lichen Huntsman face off.
It’s a war when a Huntsman Spider battles a Spider Hunting Scorpion, a Tree Centipede runs into a Balloon-Winged Katydid, and a Freshwater Crab meets a Tiger Leech. A Portia Spider battles a Long-Jawed Orb Weaver, and Paper Wasps take on Green Ant
It's fierce when Jumping Jack Ants meet a Green-Bellied Huntsman, a Bee Killer Assassin Bug battles an Earwig and a Green Praying Mantis battles a Katydid. A Golden Orb Weaver fights a Tree Cricket, & the Desert Centipede and Scorpion come to blows.
With six brand new episodes, and commentary from experts Dr Linda Rayor, and Dr Bryan Grieg Fry, witness epic encounters between swarms of marauding assassins, and vicious one-on-one clashes where only one bug survives.
Witness a deadly duel between a Moss Mantis and a Jungle Tiger Beetle. A Horned Katydid attacks an Owl Butterfly Caterpillar. An Ogre-faced Spider goes head on with an Army ant. A Black-tailed Scorpion tackles a Red-Thighed Wandering spider.
It's blood on the forest floor when a Brazilian Wandering Spider clashes with a Hooded Mantis. Army Ants attack a Rainforest Land Crab. A Velvet Worm and a Harvestman battle it out. A Black Jungle Stalker encounters a Black Faced Katydid.
Violence erupts as a Giant Cockroach fights a Red-rump Tarantula; a Stripe-tailed Centipede targets a Vinegarroon, and an Orange Horned Katydid tackles a Banana Spider. A Golden Carpenter Ant tries to nail a Flag-tailed Assassin Bug.
A baby Scorpion blithely takes on a battle-blooded Pirate Spider; a mother-to-be Rufus Comb-footed Spider fights a Spitting Spider, and a Lichen Bark Mantis tackles a Rock Spider. A Candy Cane Katydid and a Bug Eyed Katydid clash.
A Leaf Cutter Ant Soldier takes on a Speckled House Spider and a Costa Rican Cellar Spider tackles a Geophilid Centipede. A Tiger Jumping Spider fights a Yellow Rainforest Jumping Spider, and a Conehead Katydid meets an Orange-mouth Tarantula. Then, Dinosaur Ants battle a platoon of Trap Jaw Ants.
A Leaf-tailed Mantis fights a Raspy Cricket and an armored Spiny Spider is ambushed by a Crab Spider. An underwater Mudeye duels with a Water Bug, then a Domino Beetle fights a Crimson-legged Assassin Bug while a Tree Crab faces a Leopard Spider.
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