Ladybug swarm detected by weather radar over Southern California

[tecelote]

You could see the angels flying over Southern California on Tuesday night.

When National Weather Service radar picked up a giant blob moving swiftly over southwestern San Bernardino County, east of Los Angeles, around 8 p.m., forecasters at the agency's San Diego office called spotters on the ground, who told them it was an enormous swarm of ladybugs.

The weather service told the Los Angeles Times that the ladybug "bloom" appeared to be 80 miles by 80 miles, flying at 5,000 to 9,000 feet.

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[underpants]

1. I had no idea about this or that they could fly that high

Interesting

[Dale Neiburg]

2. How could observers on the ground identify them at that distance? n/t

[SWBTATTReg]

3. Watch out, these guys bite too! When we had outbreaks of lady bugs in the Ozarks, you ...

had to watch out for them ... they actually bite too! Hurts a little bit too. We didn't have blooms like the one in CA, but we had them where they literally covered my cabin in the Ozarks. Especially the sunny side...

[CaptainTruth]

4. When I worked in SF I loved seeing the ladybugs in Muir Woods.

Everything would be covered with ladybugs, so cool!