On Saturday afternoon, July 27, screams were heard from the beachWhen a cloud of insects flooded Misquamicut State Beach in Westerly, Washington County, USA.
Photographs show dragonflies flying across the beachPassing dozens of terrified beachgoers.
You can hear children squealing as they scoop insects out of the sand with shovels.. Some beachgoers packed their belongings and left, while others hid and took refuge in their cars.
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Helen Dombrowski filmed this amazing eventWhen she arrived at the beach around 9:30 a.m. Saturday, she estimates there were already “hundreds” of dragonflies on the beach.
Richard Sontag, one of the thousands of beachgoers who fell victim to the mob, called the incident an “invasion”.. Another witness described the sight as “fantastic” and was “frightened by their numbers”.
According to WBUR, dragonfly swarms typically appear during the summer months when the insects are breeding or when the small insects they feed on are blown into the air by weather disturbances.
Single swarms can include billions of dragonflies And in some cases they are so large that they are detected by radar systems. Dragonflies feed on mosquitoes and various flies, but they may also prey on small mammals.
Although a large crowd may seem intimidatingExperts say dragonflies pose no threat to humans.
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