Plot Synopsis

Narrated by Awkwafina, A REAL BUG'S LIFE is a half-hour docuseries that explores nine different micro bug worlds around the globe, where the forces of nature play out on a miniature scale and where tiny creatures rely on amazing powers and extraordinary alliances to make it through each day. The stakes are high...even if the critters are extraordinarily small. With new developments in filming technology, the series highlights stories of these tiny heroes living in worlds beyond the imagination -- from a jumping spider looking for a home on the streets of New York to a Costa Rican orchid bee's first day on the job making perfume. All five episodes of A REAL BUG'S LIFE dropped on Friday, January 24, 2024 on Disney+.
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The second season of A REAL BUG'S LIFE debuted on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 on Disney+, which released all five episodes of the new season. Narrated again by Awkwafina, Season 2 follows the incredible stories of the tiny heroes living in this hidden world, from the fast-legged tiger beetle escaping the heat of Malaysia's beaches to the magical metamorphosis of a damselfly on a British pond to the Smoky Mountain luna moth whose quest is to grow wings, find love and pass on his genes all in one short night. Season 2 episodes include:

"Love in the Forest": On a midsummer's night, Tennessee's Smoky Mountain Forest is swarming with bugs looking for love. A clumsy luna moth, a headstrong stag beetle and a fearless firefly each have just one tiny window to mate and fulfill their destiny. So how do these tiny creatures brave the darkness and find each other? The course of true love has never run smoothly...

"Life's a Beach": A tropical beach may be paradise for people, but for bugs, it's one of the toughest places on Earth. A young female hermit crab is growing up fast and needs to find a bigger shell if she's going to survive. But her search for an upgrade soon gets her in trouble, and her chances of making it to adulthood are at the mercy of the tides.

"Once a Pond a Time": In an English pond, a delicate young damselfly and a host of other bugs battle predators and humans to make it to the surface by summer. Even once the damselfly transforms into an adult and sets his heart on finding a mate, old foes are waiting for him. Can he overcome huge challenges, leave his past behind and escape the pond for good?

"Tiny Heroes Down Under": Many think Australia's bugs are the stuff of nightmares. But truly, they're just trying hard to survive, and some are surprisingly cute! Meet an adorable peacock spider dancing his way to a female, a jack jumper ant battling to protect her family, and a weevil trying to stay alive in the face of a fearsome climate. Soon, you'll realize these bugs aren't all villains but tiny heroes Down Under.

"Bee-hind the Camera!": Surviving hordes of army ants, chasing the fastest-running insects on Earth, crawling through muddy mangrove swamps, and climbing to the top of the rainforest canopy, this is how a team of world-renowned scientists, experts and filmmakers armed with the most innovative filming equipment capture the hidden world and untold stories of the planet's tiniest and most underappreciated animals: bugs!