Recently, a number of online videos have shown that insects are flying all over the sky in Aershan, Inner Mongolia, like it's raining, and some tourists are scared to shout "never again". On September 23rd, Jimu News reporter was informed that this is a local bug called "Little Bite", which has an active period of about a week every autumn, and is non-toxic and does not bite people.
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On the evening of the 22nd, a tourist outside a hotel in the Alsan city district was "attacked" by a full-day flying insect, insects hit his body like rain, first encountered this scene, accidentally, hurriedly straightened the chain, wrapped his neck, hat wrapped his head, and quickly hid in the room. There was also a tourist cycling on the tourist road under the sunrise, and his chest clothes and pants were filled with insects, while he was riding, and sounded trembling: "Never come again."
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A resident of Al-Shaan, Ms. Wang, told reporters that she also encountered a large number of insects at 6 a.m. on the 22nd, vehicles that stopped on the road, the front and rear windshields were basically covered by insects. This insect, commonly referred to as "small bite", is a species of insect, will grow wings at the end of the autumn, but does not bite people, the locals have become accustomed, belongs to the common phenomenon.
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Ms. Wang introduced that every autumn, "small bite" will have an active period of about a week, mainly influenced by the temperature. The previous period of the rain is full, these days are more warm, "small bite" is concentrated, the city is warmer than the wild, people are also more, so give people a sense of "down insect".
A local guide in Alaska introduced that every year in the middle of September, in the Inner Mongolia Chernobyl, Alaska, Manchuria, G331 in the Mongolia border line and other places will appear this seasonal common "small bite", tourists do not have to worry, because they are not bite, nor toxic, but the amount is very large, looking like a cloud, climbing close to the full body is, mainly feeling "irritating".
Flying insects all over the sky (video screenshot)
The tour guide suggests that tourists try to wear dark clothes in dressing, avoid light colored clothes, especially light yellow clothes, wear good hats and masks, spray mosquitoes before leaving the house, self-driving tourists to install an insect grid to the car, avoid insects too much impact on vision. but tourists do not need to worry too much, this insect is only seasonal migration, lasts not long, after the cold will naturally disappear.
(Source: Jimu News)