A Real Bug’s Life is back for a thrilling second season that’s bigger and bolder than ever. The Disney+ Original series from National Geographic takes us on another extraordinary adventure into the micro-bug world — where the forces of nature play out on a completely different scale and miniature creatures rely on amazing superpowers to make it through each day. This series is inspired the 1998 Pixar Animation Studios second full length animated film for Walt Disney Pictures, A Bug’s Life. While the story of A Bug’s Life was fictional, it did provide audiences with an insect-sized view of the world. Now National Geographic has produced five new episodes for this popular series
What Is A Real Bug’s Life Season 2?
A Real Bug’s Life is a real life documentary series taking viewers on an incredible adventure into 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 series uses new developments in filming technology to show insects as they have never before been shown. Narrated by fun and witty guide Awkwafina, this family-friendly series shows that A Real Bug’s Life can be every bit as fantastical as any animated film. A Real Bug’s Life was produced for National Geographic by Plimsol Productions with Tom Hugh-Jones, Martha Holmes, and Grant Mansfield as executive producers and Helen Williamson and Bill Markham as series producers. The series premieres on Disney+ beginning Wednesday, January 15th. Let’s take a look at the five new episodes for season 2.
‘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 it’s one of the toughest places on Earth for bugs. 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, a viewer will realize these bugs aren’t all villains but tiny heroes Down Under.
‘Bee-Hind the Camera’
Surviving hordes of army ants, chasing some of 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!
Why You Should See A Real Bug’s Life Season 2
My family and I have enjoyed watching the many nature documentaries produced by National Geographic for Disney+ and A Real Bug’s Life is no exception. The first season was great and the second season is as well. I like how each episode not only focuses on a certain type of environment, but also follows a few individual insects with a story of their life and the other animals and insects with which they interact. These stories really pull you into the show and the narration by Awkwafina further adds to the entertainment. As with many shows by National Geographic, the photography and cinematography are superb. However, instead of wide angle views of landscapes or telephoto shots of distant wildlife, the new technology used for A Real Bug’s Life provides an incredible view of tiny insects down at their level–call it a bug-‘s eye view of the world. I had the opportunity to preview all five episodes of the series and they are all entertaining as well as educational. I have shown other National Geographic documentaries to my science classes when they can enrich the curriculum and the students enjoy them. I am now planning to show some of the episodes from A Real Bug’s Life when we get to the unit on insects in a few months. After reviewing these episodes, I highly recommend A Real Bug’s Life season 2 as a great series to watch for the entire family. If you enjoyed season one, then you will also like season 2. However, if you have not yet, seen the first season, view it as well as the new season.
Be sure to watch the second season of A Real Bug’s Life when it streams on Disney+ beginning Wednesday, January 15th.
Here is a trailer for Season Two.
