ladislas starewicz curiosity with insect and cinema meld into a short film about a love triangle between mr. beetle and an artistic grasshopper and and mrs. beetle . the rather simple story of an adulterous beetle couple that both seek stimulation outside their marriage be similar to a biograph or vitagraph short of the time . starewicz twist on the story be to use embalmed beetle with wire straighten the leg in frame by frame animation . the story build a mr. beetle be unknowingly catch on camera with a dragonfly from the local nightclub by a jealous grasshopper . when mr. beetle come home to find his wife in the arm of her artistic friend and he chase her around angrily and but eventually forgive her and take her out to see a movie . however and mrs. beetle soon learns of her husband infidelity a the movie they watch be the jealous grasshopper footage of mr. beetle and the dragonfly together . mrs. beetle thrash mr. beetle with her umbrella and mr. beetle jump through the screen and and they both end up in jail after the projector they wreck catch on fire . the insect be place in humanized setting such a a house or a nightclub and and be give human characteristic of jealousy and anger and lust and and revenge . the insect character carry briefcase and drive motorcar and and even wear shoe yet they also twitch their antenna and open and close their mandible a real insect would . the novelty of the story doesn not wear itself out and even after multiple viewing and but as fluid a the movement be and the film move slowly . action happen with intricate detail and but rapidity and a quick pace of filming be lose in the process . despite it pace and the film be an excellent example of starewicz early puppetry and be highly recommended .