On the afternoon of May 2nd, some tourists claimed in a video that while waiting in line for the cable car at the Tianzhu Mountain Scenic Area in the Qinling Mountains, they were attacked by a large number of bugs crawling into their hair and neck, causing unbearable itching. Similarly, on the same day, a large number of bugs appeared at the beach of Lian Island Scenic Area in Lianyungang, with some tourists complaining that they didn’t want to stay for even a second.
A viral video showed swarms of bugs falling on tourists waiting in line at the Tianzhu Mountain Scenic Area in the Qinling Mountains, with tourists constantly waving objects to drive the bugs away. Some netizens commented, “Visiting a scenic spot almost got eaten by bugs.”
According to a report by Cover News on the 4th, Mr. Lei, the person who filmed the video, said that it was after 5 p.m. when bugs kept crawling into their hair and neck while waiting in line for over two hours to take the cable car, causing intense itching that was unbearable.
The staff at the scenic area responded, attributing the sudden appearance of bugs to the hot and humid weather with the likelihood of rain. They mentioned that they had already used insecticides that evening and with the weather improving over the next couple of days, no bugs were present anymore.
Some netizens mentioned, “The temperature rise happened too quickly, causing flying insects to hatch prematurely, which will likely affect crops this year.” “Spraying insecticides promptly is crucial.” “The same situation occurred at Lian Island Scenic Area in Lianyungang.” “These bugs have flown all the way to Lianyungang.”
As reported by Red Star News, on the same day, a large number of insects, suspected to be flies and bees, appeared at the beach of Lian Island Scenic Area in Lianyungang. Some netizens described, “It’s all flies, a dense mass of flies, fearless flies, forming clusters and big piles of flies.”
In a viral video, swarms of bugs were seen landing on people, with one girl having dozens of them on her foot. A man in the video even stated, “I don’t want to stay even for a second now.”
On May 3rd, the staff at Lian Island Scenic Area responded that in previous years, such phenomena had never occurred. However, on May 2nd, after the appearance of a large number of aphids, the situation improved after pest control measures were taken.
On May 5th, the topic of a large number of bugs in the scenic area shot up to the fourth place on the hot search list on Weibo.
Netizens from Henan and Shaanxi expressed, “There are super many bugs recently! It’s so scary.” “There are so many little flying bugs, no matter if it’s sunny or cloudy, I have to wear sunglasses when riding a bike because the bugs flew into my eyes three times.”