List of insect documentaries

This list of insect documentaries includes both educational and scientific films about insects,  as well as notable documentary television programs about insects. It excludes fictional accounts of insects, such as those in the science fiction eco-horror subgenre.

Films

 * 1910 The Acrobatic Fly by F. Percy Smith
 * 1911 The Strength and Agility of Insects by F. Percy Smith
 * 1911 La vita delle farfalle by Roberto Omegna and Guido Gozzano
 * 1960 Secrets of the Ant and Insect World from Walt Disney's 1956 Secrets of Life
 * 1996 Microcosmos by Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou is a record of detailed interactions between insects and other small invertebrates.
 * 2009 Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo by Jessica Oreck
 * 2009 Vanishing of the Bees by George Langworthy and Maryam Henein about bees' colony collapse disorder
 * 2010 The Death of an Insect by Hannes Vartiainen and Pekka Veikkolainen
 * 2010 Colony by Carter Gunn and Ross McDonnell about bees' colony collapse disorder
 * 2010 Queen of the Sun by Taggart Siegel about bees' colony collapse disorder
 * 2012 More than Honey by Markus Imhoof about honeybees
 * 2016 Bugs by Andreas Johnsen about insects as a food source for humans

The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971) is a quasi-documentary film about the struggle between man and insects. Andrea Shaw called it a faux documentary, although it won the 1971 Academy Award for the best documentary.

Television and video

 * 1973 and forward The Real world of insects series by the Learning Corporation of America
 * 1979 David Attenborough's BBC series Life on Earth, episodes "The First Forests" and "The Swarming Hordes"
 * 1999, 2001 Insectia a Discovery Channel program
 * 2003 Episodes of DragonflyTV including "Creepy Crawlies" (2003), Weevils (2006) and "Butterfly Wings" (2008)
 * 2005 David Attenborough's BBC series Life in the Undergrowth
 * 2009, 2011-2012 Monster Bug Wars by Beyond Television Productions of Australia