Compter Bugs?

You've never seen bugs!

[tangor]

Or maybe you have.

“The Mississippi River produced a massive radar echo as mayflies emerged from the water and became airborne. The mayflies were detectable on radar around 8:45 pm…The radar loop below shows the reflected radar energy (reflectivity) from 8:35 pm to just after midnight. The higher the values (greens to yellows) indicate greater concentrations of flies.”

[wired.com...]

These are BUGS! Here on the East Texas Gulf Coast we call this "Bug #$*@" on the windshield... and from time to time is so thick that radiators on cars and tractors (as in 18 wheelers) become so congested that the vehicle overheats... at 70mph.

[edited by: lawman at 11:50 am (utc) on Jul 23, 2014]

[not2easy]

I used to fish in the area of SW Wisconsin shown on the radar, back in the 60's - I am grateful I did not witness that ritual.

[engine]

That's a huge number of bugs all at once! It's the survival by numbers, so if quite a few end up dead, there's still quite a few left over.

I did once witness millipedes in the millions. At least they weren't flying. Typically, the millipedes were four to six-inches long, were black and shiny. There were so many that it was impossible to walk or drive without stepping on them or crushing them: That was the sad part. Within 10-days of starting to appear the mass walkabout had finished and, I assume, the millipedes returned to their hiding places.