A Real Bug's Life Episode 201 - "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…
A backlit cicada is pictured on a tree in side view. (National Geographic/Mark Payne-Gill)
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A backlit cicada is pictured on a tree in side view. (National Geographic/Mark Payne-Gill)
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A cicada is pictured on a tree in a close-up, front view. (National Geographic/Mark Payne-Gill)
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A cicada is pictured on a tree in a close-up, front view. (National Geographic/Mark Payne-Gill)
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Periodical cicadas are pictured on a tree in a close-up, front view. (National Geographic/Mark Payne-Gill)
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Periodical cicadas are pictured on a tree in a close-up, front view. (National Geographic/Mark Payne-Gill)
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Adult periodical cicadas are pictured on a tree in side view. (National Geographic/Mark Payne-Gill)
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Adult periodical cicadas are pictured on a tree in side view. (National Geographic/Mark Payne-Gill)
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A cicada nymph is pictured on a tree in side view. (National Geographic/Mark Payne-Gill)
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A cicada nymph is pictured on a tree in side view. (National Geographic/Mark Payne-Gill)
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A forest scene is pictured in the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic/Euan McDonald Smith)
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A forest scene is pictured in the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic/Euan McDonald Smith)
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A forest scene is pictured at night, with mist and light beams visible through the trees in the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic/Euan McDonald Smith)
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A forest scene is pictured at night, with mist and light beams visible through the trees in the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic/Euan McDonald Smith)
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A firefly is filmed for the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic/Tom Oldridge)
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A firefly is filmed for the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic/Tom Oldridge)
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Beetle expert Michael Carr and shooting researcher Katherine Hannaford film a stag beetle at night for the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic/Tom Oldridge)
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Beetle expert Michael Carr and shooting researcher Katherine Hannaford film a stag beetle at night for the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic/Tom Oldridge)
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Assistant producer Euan McDonald Smith works out film logistics for the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic/Ben Cherry)
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Assistant producer Euan McDonald Smith works out film logistics for the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic/Ben Cherry)
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Animal wrangler Janice Smith works with a luna moth during a shoot for the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic/Tom Oldridge)
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Animal wrangler Janice Smith works with a luna moth during a shoot for the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic/Tom Oldridge)
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Assistant producer Euan McDonald Smith holds a slug on set during a shoot for the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic/Tom Oldridge)
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Assistant producer Euan McDonald Smith holds a slug on set during a shoot for the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic/Tom Oldridge)
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Shooting researcher Oliver Halsey and assistant producer Euan McDonald Smith look at a screen during a studio shoot for the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic/Tom Oldridge)
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Shooting researcher Oliver Halsey and assistant producer Euan McDonald Smith look at a screen during a studio shoot for the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic/Tom Oldridge)
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Assistant producer Euan McDonald Smith holds a slug during a studio shoot for the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic/Tom Oldridge)
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Assistant producer Euan McDonald Smith holds a slug during a studio shoot for the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic/Tom Oldridge)
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A luna moth perched on a twig is featured in the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic/Nathan Small)
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A luna moth perched on a twig is featured in the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic/Nathan Small)
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A female giant stag beetle is pictured on a fallen tree. (National Geographic/Darlyne A. Murawski)
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A female giant stag beetle is pictured on a fallen tree. (National Geographic/Darlyne A. Murawski)
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A female giant stag beetle is pictured in close-up portrait. (National Geographic/Darlyne A. Murawski)
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A female giant stag beetle is pictured in close-up portrait. (National Geographic/Darlyne A. Murawski)
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A newly emerged luna moth is pictured In The Forest. (National Geographic/John Cancalosi)
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A newly emerged luna moth is pictured In The Forest. (National Geographic/John Cancalosi)
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Common eastern fireflies light the forest at twilight. (National Geographic/Stephen Alvarez)
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Common eastern fireflies light the forest at twilight. (National Geographic/Stephen Alvarez)
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Common eastern fireflies light the forest at twilight. (National Geographic/Stephen Alvarez)
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Common eastern fireflies light the forest at twilight. (National Geographic/Stephen Alvarez)
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A misty forest scene is pictured during a shoot for the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic)
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A misty forest scene is pictured during a shoot for the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic)
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A glowing firefly flying through the forest at night is pictured during a shoot for the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic)
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A glowing firefly flying through the forest at night is pictured during a shoot for the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic)
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A lunar moth stands on a stag beetle's horn during a shoot for the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic)
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A lunar moth stands on a stag beetle's horn during a shoot for the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic)
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A lunar moth escapes from a mouse during a shoot for the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic)
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A lunar moth escapes from a mouse during a shoot for the "Love In The Forest" episode of "A Real Bug's Life." (National Geographic)
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