Massive swarm of grasshoppers and beetles on its way to Oklahoma [View all]

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This could get interesting.

http://www.cleburnetimesreview.com/cnhi_network/massive-swarm-of-grasshoppers-and-beetles-on-its-way-to/article_4c4fc2a7-f9dc-519e-9154-a0fff56c6063.html


While much of the country was posting about a fake shark attack that came in the form of a tornado (Sharknado 3), a real life infestation was roaming the plains of Texas Wednesday.

According to National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma, a large swarm of grasshoppers and beetles is heading through Texas and into Oklahoma. The insects were flying over Knox County, Texas and were captured on radar heading to Northeast Oklahoma.


“It’s fairly common during the warm season,” said Forrest Mitchell, Observations Program Leader at the National Weather Service. “It’s a testament of the sensitivity of the radars we use. It is difficult to correlate a specific amount of insects to what the radar is seeing because it depends on the size and proximity of the insects as they fly.”