Darkus Cuttle's dad mysteriously goes missing from his job as Director
of Science at the Natural History Museum. Vanished without a trace! From
a locked room! So Darkus moves in with his eccentric Uncle Max and next
door to Humphrey and Pickering, two lunatic cousins with an enormous
beetle infestation. Darkus soon discovers that the beetles are anything
but ordinary. They're an amazing, intelligent, super species and they're
in danger of being exterminated. It's up to Darkus and his friends to
save the beetles. But they're up against an even more terrifying
villain--mad scientist of fashion, haute couture villainess Lucretia
Cutter. Lucretia has an alarming interest in insects and dastardly plans
for the bugs. She won't let anyone or anything stop her, including
Darkus's dad, who she has locked up in her dungeons! The beetles and
kids join forces to rescue Mr. Cuttle and thwart Lucretia.