Skip to main content
Back to Show
Deep Look

5 of the Grossest House Pests We’ve Ever Filmed

Season 11 Episode 20

We hope your spring cleaning doesn’t uncover bed bugs, dust mites, termites, drain flies or cockroaches.

Only Available with Passport Starting
Support Provided By
Season
That's Not Rain, That's Super-powered Pee!
3:57
Sharpshooters have super-propulsive urine using a catapult in their butt.
A Coral is Born
4:36
Corals create an underwater "snowstorm" by sending tiny white spheres up the water column.
Why Does This Fly Live in Your Bathroom?
3:58
Ever wonder how those tiny, jumpy flies got onto your bathroom wall?
Watch Jellyfish Go Through Their “Stack of Pancakes” Phase
4:38
Jellyfish clone themselves by morphing into a stack of squirming jellyfish pancakes.
Dog Ticks Are Changing Their Diet. You’re on the Menu
4:28
As temperatures rise, the brown dog tick is more likely to feast on you.
This Weevil Has Puppet Vibes But Drills Like a Power Tool
5:46
This fuzzy acorn weevil uses her snout to drill through an acorn's shell.
Varroa Mites Are a Honeybee's 8-Legged Nightmare
6:41
Beekeepers and scientists are helping honeybees fight off varroa mites.
Watch Ladybugs Go From Goth to Glam
5:14
Ladybugs may be the cutest insects around, but they don't start off that way.
Cockroach vs. Hydraulic Press: Who Wins?
3:57
Do cockroaches -- daring, disgusting disease vectors -- have anything at all to offer us?
This Daring Fly Swims in a Shimmering Bubble Shield
5:42
Covered in a shiny bubble, the alkali fly scuba dives in California's Mono Lake.
This Fly Torpedoes a Bindweed Bee's Nest
4:58
A “bee fly” is a freeloader that takes advantage of a bindweed turret bee’s hard work.
This Snail Goes Fishing With a Net Made of Slime
4:05
The scaled wormsnail cements its shell to a rock and snags its meals using mucus!
Active loading indicator