Massive Ladybug Swarm Over California Shows Up on Radar

NBC San Diego ^ | Jun 5, 2019 | Heather Navarro

[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.

[yesthatjallen]

The end is nigh.

[sanjuanbob]

Those weren’t ladybugs!

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

A target rich environment for the birds.

[Buckeye McFrog]

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.

[gr8eman]

Yvonne Craig...YES!

[Hot Tabasco]

That should take care of their aphid problem.....Maybe they can be trained to eat street bums.

[Ezekiel]

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..

[I want the USA back]

If they had been Misterbugs, would it have been allright to shoot them down?

[gr8eman]

I work in radar and I doubt ladybugs will produce a detectable radar cross-section. Locusts however...

[ETL]

swarm of birds

[BBQToadRibs]

“swarm of birds”

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

[ETL]

[dfwgator]

“.....So let’s do it like they do on The Discovery Channel!”

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Gettin’ BIZZAY!

[moovova]

I didn’t know ladybugs were attracted to feces.

[Tallguy]

I was thinking, “somebody has been toying with the gain settings on the doppler weather radar!”

[ETL]

Massive ladybug swarm moving through SoCal | ABC7

[Mears]

Starling murmuration.

[ETL]

“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!

[RegulatorCountry]

Heck, I’d bail on Barstow and head for the OC too, and I’m not even a ladybug.