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Monday, July 10, 2006

Mayflies so thick they appeared on radar as a rainstorm

A record hatch of mayflies in LaCrosse, Wisconsin was so thick that it showed up on local weather radar as a rainstorm:

The bugs were so thick that they showed up as a rainstorm of mayflies on National Weather Service radar.
For about 1 1/2 hours starting at 9 p.m., the insects drifted north, with the radar showing them blanketing areas along the Mississippi River.
"They were dive-bombing in the root beer floats," said Gary Rudy, owner of Rudy's Drive-In, whose family has been slinging burgers and soft drinks since 1966.

Link (Thanks, Fipi Lele!)

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