New York City has been inundated with smoke from Canadian wildfires and mysterious swarms of insects. Experts tell multiple outlets that the insects are winged aphids.
Katie Byrne reports on smoke from Canadian wildfires smothering cities across the U.S.
New York City residents have taken to social media as scores of winged aphids filled the skies at the same time asPhotographer Jeremy Cohen pointed out bugs that were dying on his shirt and glasses when he was biking in a Thursday Twitter video. Multiple Twitter users referenced the ten plagues of Egypt in the biblical story of Exodus, including flies.
Professor David Lohman, an entomologist at the City University of New York, told The Associated Press that the warm winter temperatures may have contributed to the swarms. Aphids don't usuallyThe sun rises out of a cloud as smoke shrouds the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in New York City on June 30, 2023, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey.
"While this may be annoying, these insects do not present a known public health risk," the department said in a statement Friday."We are looking into these bugs and will share any important health information.". They feed on sap from plants, and in many cases there are no visible symptoms of aphid feeding, according to the University of Minnesota.Julia Musto is a reporter for Fox News and Fox Business Digital.
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