So.. ladybugs eh?

[LongRoadBob]

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/10-mile-wide-ladybug-swarm-shows-weather-radar-180972372/

Anyone here from San Diego area?
I’m trying to wrap my mind around those little ladybugs at 5000-9000 ft. And imagining seeing that ahead of you from the cockpit. Are they just carried by wind currents or do they have to flap their little wings? Concentrated in a ten mile area.

Was it published in a METAR, or TAF? Is there actually a code for ladybugs

Seems too they just suddenly “showed up”, then somewhat dissipated as they moved more towards Mexico. Wonder how it looked from the sky.

 

[RudyP]

Didn’t see them or even hear about it until this thread.

 

[WannFly]

I am so glad the wall isn’t done and the obnoxious insect storm is now in Mexico

 

[Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe]

What's the last thing that passes through a ladybug's mind when it hits your windshield in flight?

 

[overdrive148]

What's the last thing that passes through a ladybug's mind when it hits your windshield in flight?

The prop?

 

[Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe]

The prop?

Their ass.

 

[Fiveslide]

If it's a dude ladybug, I imagine it's something about coming back as a more manly bug... Like a stinkbug.

 

[benyflyguy]

Likely a hoard of experimental nanobots

 

[LongRoadBob]

What's the last thing that passes through a ladybug's mind when it hits your windshield in flight?

If it is the 15,000th ladybug in a swarm I think the last thing going through it’s mind might be “hmm..that is one WTF expression on that pilots face”

 

[Skyrys62]

It's really tiny undercover Chinese drones... (sometimes known as 'Rady bugs')

They are trying to find ways to import goods without paying tariffs.

It took 15,237,089 of them to carry a fake Versace purse.