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FRANCE, PYRENEES ATLANTIQUES (64) PAYS BASQUE, BASQUE COUNTRY, CHESTNUTS AND BUGS IN AUTUMN Photo by Severine Dabadie/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Exposition in Osaka hit by swarms of bugs

Swarms of chironomids, informally known as non-biting midges or lake flies, are seen at the site of the World Exposition in Osaka on May 21, 2025.

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World Exposition in Osaka hit by swarms of bugs

Swarms of chironomids, informally known as non-biting midges or lake flies, are seen at the site of the World Exposition in Osaka on May 21, 2025.

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China: Swarm Of Gnats Fills The Golden Sunset Sky In Harbin, Heilongjiang

On September 14, 2024, in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, northeastern China, a video captured a beautiful yet bothersome scene at sunset. As the golden evening light bathed the ground, the air filled with countless tiny gnats. The small insects swarmed in great numbers, dotting the sky and creating a challenge for those outdoors. Chinese netizens commented, “These gnats are so hard to get rid of—every year at this time, they fill the sky.

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China: Swarm Of Ladybugs Covers Car Windshield In Yichun

On September 24, 2024, in Yichun, Heilongjiang Province, northeastern China, a video captured a bizarre and unsettling moment as a black sedan traveled along a wide road. Suddenly, a swarm of small yellow bugs flew onto the car’s front windshield, clinging tightly and refusing to leave. The bugs crowded the glass, initially sounding like raindrops hitting the window. However, upon closer inspection, the filmer realized it was a mass of ladybugs that had collided and died on the windshield, quickly obscuring the driver’s view of the road ahead.

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China: Swarms Of Mayflies Cluster Around Bridge In Changde, Hunan

On September 1, 2024, in Changde, a city in Hunan Province in central China, a video captured a swarm of moths clustering around the Yuanshui Bridge on a dark night. According to local media reports, this is the nuptial flight during the mayfly breeding season, with large numbers of mayflies gathering on the bridge where there are lights, creating a snow-like spectacle. Insect carcasses piled up on the bridge up to 5 centimeters deep, and traffic on the bridge was paralyzed for a while due to slippery road surface. The local agricultural department introduced mayflies as a kind of beneficial insects, which belong to a link of the biological chain of the lake zone. Their massive appearance indicates that the ecological environment of local waters continues to improve.

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US: Swarm Of Dragonflies Invades Misquamicut Beach, Rhode Island

A swarm of dragonflies invaded Misquamicut Beach in Rhode Island on Saturday, July 27.

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Illinois Is Hit With Cicada Chaos

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Artist Stephen Bradley spent a week making cicada-based art during a residency at Sangchris Lake State Park in Rochester, Illinois, on June 3, 2024. Cicada chaos is flourishing and flying. Trillions of once-hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the trees and perching upon people’s shirts, hats and even faces. They’re red-eyed, loud and frisky. Photo by E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illinois Is Hit With Cicada Chaos

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - A soft white adult cicada molts out of its nymphal shell on a tree along the North Branch of the Chicago River in Skokie, Illinois, May 30, 2024. Cicada chaos is flourishing and flying. Trillions of once-hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the trees and perching upon people’s shirts, hats and even faces. They’re red-eyed, loud and frisky. Photo by E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illinois Is Hit With Cicada Chaos

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - An adult cicada on a tree along the North Branch of the Chicago River in Skokie, Illinois, May 30, 2024. Cicada chaos is flourishing and flying. Trillions of once-hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the trees and perching upon people’s shirts, hats and even faces. They’re red-eyed, loud and frisky. Photo by E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illinois Is Hit With Cicada Chaos

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - A soft white adult cicada molts out of its nymphal shell on a tree along the North Branch of the Chicago River in Skokie, Illinois, May 30, 2024. Cicada chaos is flourishing and flying. Trillions of once-hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the trees and perching upon people’s shirts, hats and even faces. They’re red-eyed, loud and frisky. Photo by E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illinois Is Hit With Cicada Chaos

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - The wings of a newly molted adult cicada hanging from its discarded exoskeleton on a tree along the North Branch of the Chicago River in Skokie, Illinois, May 23, 2024. Cicada chaos is flourishing and flying. Trillions of once-hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the trees and perching upon people’s shirts, hats and even faces. They’re red-eyed, loud and frisky. Photo by E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illinois Is Hit With Cicada Chaos

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Montreal-based audio artist Alex Lane records cicada mating calls from a tree at Lincoln Memorial Garden and Nature Center in Springfield, Illinois, on June 3 2024. Lane and filmmaker Matthew Wolkow identified the calls as coming from what they believe to be the different cicada broods. Cicada chaos is flourishing and flying. Trillions of once-hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the trees and perching upon people’s shirts, hats and even faces. They’re red-eyed, loud and frisky. Photo by E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illinois Is Hit With Cicada Chaos

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - A soft white adult cicada molts from its nymphal shell on a tree along the North Branch of the Chicago River in Skokie, Illinois, on May 23, 2024. Cicada chaos is flourishing and flying. Trillions of once-hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the trees and perching upon people’s shirts, hats and even faces. They’re red-eyed, loud and frisky. Photo by E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illinois Is Hit With Cicada Chaos

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Artist Stephen Bradley spent a week making cicada-based art during a residency at Sangchris Lake State Park in Rochester, Illinois, on June 3, 2024. Cicada chaos is flourishing and flying. Trillions of once-hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the trees and perching upon people’s shirts, hats and even faces. They’re red-eyed, loud and frisky. Photo by E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China: Flying Insects Cluster Over Trees To Look Like Smoke In Shandong

A visitor used a drone to capture a miraculous scene of plenty of flying insects clustering over the trees which looks like smoke in eastern China. Video filmed in Fulong Lake in Heze City, Shandong Province, on May 28, 2024, shows the swarms forming “tornadoes” over the trees. Reportedly, this might be a natural phenomenon called "Mosquito tornado" which can be commonly seen during the rainy season. It occurs when male mosquitoes swarm around a group of female mosquitoes for mating.

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Japan: Bees Swarm On Overpass In Central Tokyo

A swarm of bees was spotted on a pedestrian overpass in the business district of Minato Ward, central Tokyo on May 10.

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US: Brood XIX Cicadas Emerge In Southeast 5

Cicada-geddon is underway in parts of the US Southeast, with the 13-year Brood XIX cicadas waking up from their underground sleep and appearing in full force beginning early May. The emergence of both the Brood XIX and the 17-year Brood XIII will overlap this year. The last time this happened was in 1803.

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US: Brood XIX Cicadas Emerge In Southeast 4

Cicada-geddon is underway in parts of the US Southeast, with the 13-year Brood XIX cicadas waking up from their underground sleep and appearing in full force beginning early May. The emergence of both the Brood XIX and the 17-year Brood XIII will overlap this year. The last time this happened was in 1803.

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US: Brood XIX Cicadas Emerge In Southeast 3

Cicada-geddon is underway in parts of the US Southeast, with the 13-year Brood XIX cicadas waking up from their underground sleep and appearing in full force beginning early May. The emergence of both the Brood XIX and the 17-year Brood XIII will overlap this year. The last time this happened was in 1803.

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US: Brood XIX Cicadas Emerge In Southeast

Cicada-geddon is underway in parts of the US Southeast, with the 13-year Brood XIX cicadas waking up from their underground sleep and appearing in full force beginning early May. The emergence of both the Brood XIX and the 17-year Brood XIII will overlap this year. The last time this happened was in 1803.

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US: Brood XIX Cicadas Emerge In Southeast 2

Cicada-geddon is underway in parts of the US Southeast, with the 13-year Brood XIX cicadas waking up from their underground sleep and appearing in full force beginning early May. The emergence of both the Brood XIX and the 17-year Brood XIII will overlap this year. The last time this happened was in 1803.

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US: Cicadas Begin Emerging In South Carolina, Residents Complain Of Noise

Cicadas have begun emerging from their underground lives and caused quite a considerable amount of noise, prompting South Carolina residents to complain to police on Tuesday, April 23. 2024 is a special year for the bugs as two types of periodical broods, the 13-year Brood XIX cicadas in the Southeast and the 17-year Brood XIII in the Midwest, will emerge from the ground.

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Bed Bugs In Paris

A pedestrian stands beside furnitures abandoned due to bed bugs infestation in Paris, France, on October 31, 2023. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bed Bugs In Paris

A pedestrian walks past furnitures abandoned due to bed bugs infestation in Paris, France, on October 31, 2023. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bed Bugs In Paris

A pedestrian walks past furnitures abandoned due to bed bugs infestation in Paris, France, on October 31, 2023. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bed Bugs In Paris

A pedestrian walks past furnitures abandoned due to bed bugs infestation in Paris, France, on October 31, 2023. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bed bugs in Paris

A pedestrian stands beside furnitures abandoned due to bed bugs infestation in Paris on October 31, 2023. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bed Bugs In Paris

A pedestrian walks past furnitures abandoned due to bed bugs infestation in Paris, France, on October 31, 2023. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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"Snow bugs" swarm northern Japan city

A passenger tries to avoid a plague of tiny bugs swarming the streets of Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan on Oct. 30, 2023. The bugs, which include two types of aphid, are commonly called yukimushi, which translates to "snow bug," in Hokkaido, as their appearance is often said to portend the first snowfall in the northern Japan.

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"Snow bugs" swarm northern Japan city

Passengers try to avoid a plague of tiny bugs swarming the streets of Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan on Oct. 30, 2023. The bugs, which include two types of aphid, are commonly called yukimushi, which translates to "snow bug," in Hokkaido, as their appearance is often said to portend the first snowfall in the northern Japan.

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"Snow bugs" swarm northern Japan city

Passengers try to avoid a plague of tiny bugs swarming the streets of Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan on Oct. 30, 2023. The bugs, which include two types of aphid, are commonly called yukimushi, which translates to "snow bug," in Hokkaido, as their appearance is often said to portend the first snowfall in the northern Japan.

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