Series synopsis
Extreme Bugs is a German documentary television series that premiered on ARTE on December 4, 2025. It ended on December 4, 2025. It stars Robbie Burns.
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.
Premise
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.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Robbie Burns as Narrator (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 2 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 2 | December 4, 2025 | December 4, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Biggest 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. |
December 4, 2025 |
| 2 |
The most evil ones 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. |
December 4, 2025 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ARTE |
|---|---|
| First aired | December 4, 2025 |
| Last aired | December 4, 2025 |
| Runtime | 44 minutes |
| Status | ended |