In news you’ll definitely be glad to read about over your lunchtime, the town of La Crosse in the US State of Wisconsin has itself a little bug problem at the moment, with the town copping an apocalyptic swarm of mayflies.
Swarm of #mayflies looks like rain on Wisconsin radar. Here’s the story: http://t.co/LO2JBtEjCL Jo. Pic: NOAA/WI pic.twitter.com/z2mu7MjR91
— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) July 23, 2014
The mayflies normally chill on the surface of the nearby Mississippi River for a year or so feeding off organic waste. But then all of a sudden they explode out of there to find somewhere slightly less damp in which to mate rabidly, before returning to the water to lay eggs and die. Time is of the essence here too, as they only have a life span at this stage of around 48 hours. So it’s currently a balls-to-the-wall turbo-charged mayfly root fest in La Crosse.
There are rather a lot of mayflies in Wisconsin right now. Drive safe. http://t.co/bkmQ8jkg1q pic.twitter.com/5WoWoUd64n
— Bug Gwen (@bug_gwen) July 23, 2014
Oh dear GOD.
A gross cloud of mayflies descended upon La Crosse, Wisconsin on Sunday http://t.co/LkZemUEskX pic.twitter.com/sWHmB9qq09
— CityLab (@CityLab) July 24, 2014
Sweet merciful crap.
#Mayflies have descended upon the Midwest & swarms can be so big they’re seen on radar! http://t.co/LyJVj2feoT pic.twitter.com/wYjfWNjNyk
— HLN (@HLNTV) July 22, 2014
NOPE. NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE. NOPE. NO THANK YOU. NOPE.
Hatching mayflies overwhelm upper Midewest http://t.co/avz4RBLHGN pic.twitter.com/3ya3vgzBBg
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 22, 2014
Excuse me, conductor? I’d like a one way ticket on the FUCK THIS SHIT EXPRESS all the way Nopesville please and thank you.
