Monster Bug Wars!
Get a ringside seat for some of nature's deadliest encounters: losers aren't just KO'd, they're eaten alive. This is the no-holds-barred, real-life world of Spiders, Scorpions, Centipedes and Killer Ants who fight to the death. It's a bug-eat-bug gladiatorial contest where stings, spikes and deadly venom are wielded with cold-blooded precision.
- 2011-2012
- 2 seasons
- Science Channel
- Documentary
- TV-14
Get a ringside seat for some of nature's deadliest encounters: losers aren't just KO'd, they're eaten alive. This is the no-holds-barred, real-life world of Spiders, Scorpions, Centipedes and Killer Ants who fight to the death. It's a bug-eat-bug gladiatorial contest where stings, spikes and deadly venom are wielded with cold-blooded precision.
Season 2 Episode Guide
7 Episodes 2012
Episode 1
Blood on the Forest Floor
Tue, Jan 31, 2012 44 mins
A Brazilian wandering spider tracks a hooded mantis; A land crab stumbles into a colony of army ants; A velvet worm meets a harvestman; A black jungle stalker spider encounters a black-faced katydid; A red Forest scorpion squares off against an amblypygid.
Episode 2
Utter Violence
Tue, Feb 7, 2012 44 mins
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.
Episode 3
Mother of All Wars
Tue, Feb 14, 2012 44 mins
A baby black-tailed scorpion that has been shaken off its mother's back encounters a pirate spider; A rock spider battles a lichen bark mantis; A candy cane katydid and a bug-eyed katydid collide; A spitting spider first encounters a black-tailed scorpion, then later a comb-footed spider; A tiger assassin bug gets trapped in a silver-back cross spider's web.
Episode 4
Murderous Intent
Tue, Feb 21, 2012 44 mins
A Leaf Cutter Ant faces a House Spider, a Costa Rican Cellar Spider fights a Geophilid Centipede, a Tiger Jumping Spider fights a Rainforest Jumping Spider, and a Katydid meets an Orange-mouth Tarantula. Then Dinosaur Ants battle a bunch of Trap Jaw Ants.
Episode 5
Deadly Duels
Fri, Sep 11, 2026 44 mins
A moss antis clashes with a tiger beetle; A horned katydid attacks an owl butterfly caterpillar; An army ant soldier strays too close to an ogre-faced spider's web; A red-thighed wandering spider stalks a black-tailed scorpion; A longicorn beetle flies into the web of a flame-bellied orb weaver.
Episode 6
Super Slayers
Tue, Feb 28, 2012 44 mins
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 Mangrove Tree Crab faces a Leopard Spider.
Episode 7
Monster Bug Wars Top 10
Sun, Jul 1, 2012 44 mins