This is ringside access to bugeatbug gladiatorial contests! Witness some of nature’s deadliest encounters where stings, spikes and deadly venom are wielded with coldblooded precision. Enter the noholdsbarred, real life world of spiders, scorpions, centipedes and killer ants fighting to the death. When the Spiny Leaf Insect goes head to head with the Giant Rainforest Mantis it’s an allout assault where only one survives. Can the lethal stinger of a Bull Ant overcome the suffocating silk of the Redback Spider? When a lethal Tree Scorpion threatens a Green Ant colony carnage is certain. Who survives the showdown between a deadly Desert Centipede and a Desert Trapdoor spider?

Filmed in extreme closeup high definition and illustrated with stateoftheart CGI, Monster Bug Wars! brings to life nature’s ultimate fight club. Five encounters per episode are accompanied with commentary from Dr Linda Rayor Cornell University and Dr Bryan Grieg Fry from The University of Queensland.