'Horrified' at the sight of millions of black covered insects on the beach

Unusual spectacle rarely happened, so the witnesses shuddered.

The beetles Europe appears an unusual and mysterious, covered on the beach in Cayton Bay, near Scarborough, England, Tuesday 13/4.

A local resident named Sue Weatherill when walking around the beach early in the morning discovered it. It is estimated that the number of bugs can reach millions.

The beach is pitch black, covered with millions of beetles.

According to Sue, while walking along the coast, she accidentally discovered something strange lying black on the beach like "seed pod". When approached, the startled woman noticed that they were beetles. "This has never been here before. I was even more shocked to realize they were living creatures , " Sue said.

This anomaly has never happened.

Some people speculate that this insect may be Lochmaea suturalis , a native species of bugs living in northwestern Europe. However, according to the staff of the Coast Guard team Scarborough and Burniston (SBCR), this is the European chafer beetle.

Close up of beetles on the beach.

"On the afternoon of April 13, when the team was patrolling the beach, one member reported an abnormality. A large number of European chafer beetles had washed up on the coast around the beach. has notified the coastal pollution treatment team for further investigation , " said the representative of the SBCR rescue team.

The reason that millions of bugs suddenly appear on the UK coast is still under investigation.

The European chafer beetle belongs to the Scarabaeidae family, usually a light reddish-brown color with an average length of 13-14 mm. In the past, they used to appear only in Europe, but now have spread to parts of North America, often eating leaves.

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