Millions of moths surround the village in Australia

The small town of Winton, with 1,000 residents in Queensland, Australia, was covered by the thick carpet made up of millions of massive moths that appeared after the flood.

According to Grind TV, the town has just undergone a drought, followed by flooding and dragging millions of butterflies.

"Moths are everywhere, but most are in front of a household goods store. Moth-covered ditches," The Sydney Morning Herald quoted February 10 as Frank Standfast, a resident of Winton. nearly 40 years.

"Occasionally, we also see a few but never so much. I don't know what happened last night , " Standfast said.

Moths attack Winton town in Australia.(Photo: Frank Standfast / Sydney Morning Herald).

Moths cling to the drain, dangling from the wall, parked all over the car, frightening the drivers.

Max Jurd, a bartender, said he had seen masses of insects attacking the town when they spawned after the rain but had never reached this level.

"I scratched them into my pocket and brought them to the landfill," Jurd said. "The best way to avoid them is to turn off all bulbs in the evening, but you can still hear them flying against walls and roofs."

According to Dr. Chris Burwell, manager of entomology at the Queensland Museum, the emergence of butterflies is definitely related to rain and vegetation. In addition, during severe droughts, caterpillars are not destroyed by birds or wasps, so moths increase.

"This may explain why they appear abruptly, as if they are not controlled by species of the enemy," Burwell said.