‘They’re in Everything’: California Bug Outbreak Irks Towns
The gas station’s ground was covered with the small winged bugs. Piles of carcasses, inches deep, sat swept to the sides
In this Aug. 14, 2015, photo provided by Matthew Hengst, bugs swarm at a service station in the eastern Sierra Nevada town of Lone Pine, Calif. Matthew Hengst via AP
LONE PINE, Calif.—The gas station’s ground was covered with the small winged bugs. Piles of carcasses, inches deep, sat swept to the sides.
On the road, they rained onto car windshields. They flew by the thousands toward even the smallest sources of light, and crept along windows and kitchen tables.
