Through the introduction of a friend, Lee became involved in helping an overseas chemical and pharmaceutical firm film a commercial, and he was later entranced by the showing of the Disney nature film The Living Desert at a local theater. Lee felt that "if barren deserts have such miraculous creatures, there must be an even more surprising side to the insects around me in everyday life."
在朋友引介下，李淳陽曾經幫外國化學製藥公司拍攝廣告短片，有一回，在戲院看到迪士尼公司所拍攝的自然科學紀錄片《沙漠奇觀》，讓他非常震撼：「貧瘠沙漠都有這麼奇妙的生物，與我朝夕相處的昆蟲一定也藏有更令人驚奇的一面。」