Wildlife consultants weighed in Monday after a whole bunch of 1000’s of dragonflies swarmed a seashore in Rhode Island over the weekend.
The incident occurred on Misquamicut Seashore on Sunday and was captured on video as beachgoers sought cowl from the dragonflies.
Talking with reporters, dragonfly skilled Ginger Brown mentioned this was not a typical migration, saying the bugs had been probably trying to find a brand new dwelling.
“They’re flying for some purpose,” Brown mentioned, “both excessive inhabitants density, or modifications in aquatic breeding habitat.”
Usually, dragonfly migration is a one-way course of that doesn’t appear to be what occurred Sunday.
With this incident within the historical past books, Brown mentioned it might be years earlier than New England sees the same swarm once more.
“They definitely got here in in huge numbers coming off the ocean,” mentioned Mark Stickney, who noticed the dragonflies. “It was simply a type of astonishing exhibits nature places on infrequently and I used to be lucky sufficient to see it.”
Specialists say dragonflies are sometimes innocent. Although they had been a shock on the shore of Rhode Island, dragonflies additionally continuously eat different bugs that may unfold illness.
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