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Massive Ladybug Swarm Over California Shows Up on Radar
NBC San Diego ^ | Jun 5, 2019 | Heather Navarro

Posted on 06/06/2019 8:06:44 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

Though it looked like the San Diego region was about to be drenched in a soggy downpour, it was actually something sort of magical.

A giant swarm of ladybugs making its way across the National Weather Service radar had many scratching their heads Wednesday.

The cloud of ladybugs, actually called a bloom, was about 80 miles by 80 miles, meteorologist Joe Dandrea told the Los Angeles Times.

The bloom wasn't too concentrated, but rather spread out between 5,000 and 9,000 feet, Dandrea told the Times.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: bugs; california; ladybugs
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1 posted on 06/06/2019 8:06:44 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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Those weren’t ladybugs!


2 posted on 06/06/2019 8:08:30 AM PDT by sanjuanbob
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A target rich environment for the birds.


3 posted on 06/06/2019 8:13:19 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Elitist Liberals have no idea the hunger and strength of the beast they have uncaged.)
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Tonight's feature on Monster Chiller Horror Theater is The Ladybug Swarm From Mars That Ate Pasadena starring Russell Johnson, Van Heflin, Yvonne Craig and Joe Besser.


4 posted on 06/06/2019 8:13:57 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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Yvonne Craig...YES!


5 posted on 06/06/2019 8:15:06 AM PDT by gr8eman (Ex-Flyer fan!)
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That should take care of their aphid problem.....Maybe they can be trained to eat street bums.


6 posted on 06/06/2019 8:19:25 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I'm in the cleaning business.......I launder money)
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The cloud of ladybugs, actually called a bloom, ...

The end is nigh.<<<

Heh, it just shows that clouds may not be what everyone assumes are clouds. I'd never heard of a cloud of ladybugs before.

Imagine if this were prison wallpaper. Insanity in 3, 2, 1..

7 posted on 06/06/2019 8:22:13 AM PDT by Ezekiel (The pun is mightier than the s-word.)
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If they had been Misterbugs, would it have been allright to shoot them down?


8 posted on 06/06/2019 8:22:26 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Islam, not a religion, a totalitarian political ideology aiming for world domination. -Wilders)
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I work in radar and I doubt ladybugs will produce a detectable radar cross-section. Locusts however...


9 posted on 06/06/2019 8:22:32 AM PDT by gr8eman (Ex-Flyer fan!)
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swarm of birds

10 posted on 06/06/2019 8:28:15 AM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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“swarm of birds”

Just washed the truck so the odds are that swarm is over it.


11 posted on 06/06/2019 8:30:44 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs
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12 posted on 06/06/2019 8:34:20 AM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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“.....So let’s do it like they do on The Discovery Channel!”


13 posted on 06/06/2019 8:35:55 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Gettin’ BIZZAY!


14 posted on 06/06/2019 8:39:11 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Elitist Liberals have no idea the hunger and strength of the beast they have uncaged.)
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I didn’t know ladybugs were attracted to feces.


15 posted on 06/06/2019 8:39:14 AM PDT by moovova
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I was thinking, “somebody has been toying with the gain settings on the doppler weather radar!”


16 posted on 06/06/2019 8:39:39 AM PDT by Tallguy
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Massive ladybug swarm moving through SoCal | ABC7

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17 posted on 06/06/2019 8:39:58 AM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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Starling murmuration.


18 posted on 06/06/2019 8:41:56 AM PDT by Mears
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“swarm of birds”

Just washed the truck so the odds are that swarm is over it.

If THAT swarm of birds flew over your truck you'd need a shovel to dig it out. And if you didn't tend to it quickly enough, a jack hammer!

19 posted on 06/06/2019 8:42:53 AM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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Heck, I’d bail on Barstow and head for the OC too, and I’m not even a ladybug.


20 posted on 06/06/2019 8:43:43 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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