Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula residents boldly venture outside to film apparently endless mosquitoes swarming the eastern shore, which runs alongside the Bering Sea, the Pacific Ocean's northernmost point.
Mosquito Tornado
A video obtained by East2West news shows millions of mosquitoes congregating and swirling to create tornadic pillars, which is a terrifying turn of events.
That's right: a monstrous swarm of blood-sucking bugs.
Viewers would assume it's just dirt and debris being carried up in a storm from afar, but up-close footage exposes the horrific truth.
During a recent journey, Alexei from Ust-Kamchatsk informed East2West that a "cloud" of mosquitoes appeared to last "for several hundred meters" and that he spotted many "huge pillars" of the insects.
He remarked, "I could scarcely see the road."
Ominous Black Cloud
According to Alexei, the mosquito "tornado[es]" would appear to dismantle, then reconstruct a new funnel that would reach the black clouds above.
Local Kamchatka media reported the strange incident, which experts believe is a common occurrence in the region.
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Not a Hive
According to the Siberian Times, entomologist Lyudmila Lobkova remarked, "These are male mosquitoes swarming around one of the numerous females to mate - there is nothing wrong with it."
Experts also claim that swarms of mosquitoes would not, for example, create a hive organism bent on wreaking havoc on deet-wielding people.
Other Reported Swarm
Previous stories on these skeeter storms detailed how warming temperatures allow mosquitoes to have a longer breeding season, fueling the invasion in Siberia.
Throughout the year, terrifying swarms of insects are reported worldwide, such as in 2019, when a swarm of dragonflies in the Midwest got large enough to be detected by National Weather Service radar.
Louisiana Swarm
Huge clouds of mosquitoes have been buzzing cattle to death in Louisiana for a month, following Hurricane Laura's torrential rains in late August, which boosted their numbers.
According to Dr. Craig Fontenot, a large-animal veterinarian in Ville Platte, farmers in Louisiana have lost 300 to 400 cattle owing to enormous swarms of mosquitoes that have thrived since the hurricane.
According to him, vast clouds of mosquitoes have arrived on farmer's fields, swarming over cattle and leaving them emaciated, anemic, and tired. As a result, many people have been left bleeding under their skin due to lack of oxygen, finally collapsing and dying.
Fontenot told The Associated Press in an interview, "They're cruel little suckers."
The vet also shared a photo of a bull he treated on Sept. 2 on social media. The animal's tummy is coated with small blood-sucking insects in the shot.
According to Fontenot, mosquitoes have become a serious problem in five eastern parishes, Louisiana's equivalent of counties.
According to a press release from Louisiana State University's AgCenter, officials in neighboring parishes have begun spraying fields and wetlands with insecticide to reduce mosquito populations. It appears to be working in certain areas, but the swarms have already caused losses to some farmers.
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