The 'tornadoes' of mosquitoes blotted out the sun in a Russian region over the weekend.
Thick, fast-moving pillars made up of millions of insects were seen on the eastern coast of Kamchatka, wreaking havoc among the locals.
From a distance, pictures from the region appeared to show a cluster of tornadoes swirling dust and dirt into the air.
'I drove through the cloud of these mosquitoes for several hundred metres,' said Alexei, from Ust-Kamchatsk.
'It wasn't a pleasant experience as I could hardly see the road. I didn't dare open my windows,' he recalled.
'Giant pillars of mosquitoes were visible everywhere I looked.
'I could see some of them breaking apart only to get back together into a new tornado.'
Experts told Kamchatka Inform media outlet locals should not worry about this swarming, which was a mating phenomenon.
'These are male mosquitoes swarming around one of several females in order to mate - there is nothing wrong with this,' said entomologist Lyudmila Lobkova.
The swarming males mosquitoes 'do not attack humans' , she said.
'These columns of mosquitoes looked like they touched the clouds,' said Alexei.
Locals say they are used to such swarms but they are worse this year.
Repellents do not work on them, said a report.
Thick, fast-moving pillars made up of millions of insects were seen on the eastern coast of Kamchatka, wreaking havoc among the locals.
From a distance, pictures from the region appeared to show a cluster of tornadoes swirling dust and dirt into the air.
'I drove through the cloud of these mosquitoes for several hundred metres,' said Alexei, from Ust-Kamchatsk.
'It wasn't a pleasant experience as I could hardly see the road. I didn't dare open my windows,' he recalled.
'Giant pillars of mosquitoes were visible everywhere I looked.
'I could see some of them breaking apart only to get back together into a new tornado.'
Experts told Kamchatka Inform media outlet locals should not worry about this swarming, which was a mating phenomenon.
'These are male mosquitoes swarming around one of several females in order to mate - there is nothing wrong with this,' said entomologist Lyudmila Lobkova.
The swarming males mosquitoes 'do not attack humans' , she said.
'These columns of mosquitoes looked like they touched the clouds,' said Alexei.
Locals say they are used to such swarms but they are worse this year.
Repellents do not work on them, said a report.
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Source: Siberian Times, Daily Mail
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Source: Siberian Times, Daily Mail
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