Gemes Island, Washington State, USA is "occupied" by millions of caterpillars (US media video clip)
Overseas Network on June 16 According to the US national broadcasting company Seattle branch (KING5) reported on June 15, recently, millions of caterpillars suddenly appeared on an island in Washington state, which had a significant impact on the lives of local residents, and experts said that such a situation has not occurred in more than ten years.
The front of the homes of residents of Gemmes Island is full of caterpillars (screenshot of US media video)
On Gemes Island, Skagit County, Washington, caterpillars are now infested with sidewalks, roads and fences, forcing residents to use shovels to clean piles of bugs in front of their homes.
One resident said: "They will crawl along your neck, and they will crawl into your pants, crawling everywhere. He also revealed that his orchard and surrounding trees have been "swept away" by caterpillars, which still hang on the branches and look like dead leaves in late autumn, and the insects fall like rain.
Caterpillars hang all over branches like dead leaves in late autumn (screenshot of US media video)
While caterpillars are "regulars" on Gemes Island, caterpillar populations are at the peak of a seven-year cycle and are showing no downward trend. Glenn Kohler, a forest entomologist at the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, said he started working there 15 years ago and has never seen such a situation before.
Kohler explained that the caterpillars reproduce so quickly because Gemes Island has a favorable climate and no predators and viruses for caterpillars. He said millions of caterpillars will also survive on the island for weeks. (Overseas Network Liu Qiang, Intern Shang Ruiwen)
Source: Overseas.com