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Episode 17, Season 9
Citrus Psyllids Bribe Ants With Strings Of Candy Poop

Researchers use invisible lasers, ghastly wasps and more trickery to protect orange groves

5:04
Episode 16, Season 9
How Hoverflies Spawn Maggots that Sweeten Your Oranges

As they gorge, oblique streaktail hoverflies help keep orange trees safe from disease.

4:20
Episode 15, Season 9
Meet the Meat Bee... the Western Yellowjacket!

Why is that yellowjacket crashing your BBQ? She’s gathering food for the nest’s larvae.

3:37
Episode 14, Season 9
This Nasty Parasite Is Ruining Monarch Butterfly Wings

Explore Ophryocystis elektroscirrham and all the ways to help the Monarch butterflies.

5:04
Episode 13, Season 9
Fire Ants Turn Into a Stinging Life Raft to Survive Floods

Floating colonies of red fire ants are a risk for people wading through floodwater.

4:14
Episode 12, Season 9
Backswimmer Insects Drag Prey Into the Upside Down

These voracious predators cruise belly up below the surface of a pond or gentle stream.

3:57
Episode 11, Season 9
Watch Barn Owls Swallow Rodents Whole

Barn owls turn mice, gophers and voles into balls of fur and bones known as pellets.

4:55
Episode 10, Season 9
Stop! Thief! Carpenter Bees are Notorious Nectar Robbers

It’s called nectar robbing: Bees get nectar, but don’t pollinate the plants in exchange.

4:02
Episode 9, Season 9
Don't Go Chasing Water Bugs

Giant water bugs pack one of the most painful bites of any insect, but they're great dads.

3:49
Episode 8, Season 9
This Freaky Fruit Fly Lays Eggs in Your Strawberries

The spotted wing drosophila may look like a common fruit fly, but it’s so much worse.

4:33
Episode 7, Season 9
Silkworms Spin Cocoons That Spell Their Own Doom

Those precious silk garments in your closet were made by the caterpillars of a fuzzy moth.

5:13
Episode 6, Season 9
Barnacles Go To Unbelievable Lengths to Hook Up

Barnacles might look like jagged little rocks, but they have a surprisingly wild sex life.

3:58
Episode 5, Season 9
Honeypot Ants Turn Their Biggest Sisters Into Jugs of Nectar

Honeypot ants stuff members of their own colony until they look like tiny water balloons.

4:36
Episode 4, Season 9
The Vinegaroon Sprays Acid to Foil Its Foes

What animal sprays acid that reeks of vinegar from its rear end? A vinegaroon, of course.

4:25
Episode 3, Season 9
This Mushroom Fakes Its Own Death To Trick Flies

The cage fungus looks and smells like decaying meat — on purpose.

4:31
Episode 2, Season 9
Flying Termites Take a Dangerous Journey to a New Life

Subterranean termites fly off in swarms, and then drop their wings to start new colonies.

5:12
Episode 1, Season 9
Australian Walking Stick Insects Are Three Times Weirder Than You Think

A twig is actually just one of many disguises for the Australian walking stick insect.

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