Radar Activity Turns Out To Be Massive Bug Swarm

  • 9 years ago
A bug swarm was large enough to be picked up by weather radar.

Grasshoppers and beetles aren’t particularly threatening to humans, but they still manage to freak a lot of people out.
If you’re made uneasy by these bugs, you may want to steer clear of the Texas-Oklahoma border for a while. 

The area is experiencing bug swarms that are large enough to be picked up by weather radar. 

Though the readings resemble those of a light summer rainfall, it’s been confirmed by Copper Breaks State Park rangers that the cloud is comprised of beetles and grasshoppers. 

Based on the readings, the mass measures over 50 miles long. 
The density of the swarm isn’t reported to be significa

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