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setsuledMulder and Scully head to the woods to fight bugs in a 1994 episode of The X-Files called "Darkness Falls" written by series creator Chris Carter. This follows from "Shapes", another episode in which the pair of investigators visited woodland, which makes it feel slightly odd that this one spends more time with buildup. It's a welcome difference, though, as the tension in this episode derives from their distance from civilisation, the state of their vehicle, and the reliability of a cabin generator.
The episode really needs all this because the evil bugs turn out to be a fairly unconvincing glowing green glitter effect. However, the cocooned, desiccated bodies of victims they find are pretty cool. I also like how the episode plays with the relationship between eco-terrorists and loggers in Washington State. Washington is of course near Vancouver, the show's normal filming location, which seems like it should have made filming easy, though according to the Wikipedia entry it turned out to be an unexpected nightmare due to weather conditions.
The X-Files is available on Disney+/Hulu.
