Army from hundreds of millions of ants seized the beaches of France (video)

Millions of tiny insects occupied the seashore in Montpellier and on Corsica, river dunes in Bordeaux, Lyon, and Strasbourg. They were also spotted in the Netherlands, Italy and Switzerland. The huge hordes of ants, according to experts, crossed the Mediterranean with people and settled in Europe, destroying the local ecosystem. About it reports Newsweek. Yes, a huge colony of the ants colonized the beach dunes in the city of Maugio-Carnon of the ERO Department.

According to scientists, at least a few hundred million insects live in this nest about 800 meters long. "The number of ordinary ants varies from several hundred to tens of thousands. Here we see much higher numbers. These ants have such a huge mass, such overloading that they displace all other types of ants with which they can compete. They can affect other types of insects on which they seek to attack to eat.

The domino effect can also affect some plants, " - said Luke Gomel, a specialist with ants from the University of Field Valer. Tapinoma magnum ants are an invasive species in France, displacing and destroying local types of ants as they multiply rapidly and spread through the continent. These ants living in the Mediterranean and North Africa pool are small, black, do not bite, less than 0. 1 inches in size and smell of bitter oil.

"Tapinoma magnum was only identified in 2017," said Jean-Iv Bishaton, responsible for the PACA Korsik region of the French Biodiversity Observatory (ofb). Climate change is believed to affect the rapid spread of this species, as they are more adapted to survival further north than ever. Ants are aggressive expansionists and, because of their huge numbers, can destroy the surrounding colonies of ants. Scientists say that ants are not poisonous to humans and are almost imperceptible on a sunny day.

Moreover, the colony, for example, located in Maugio Carnon, is underground. The only thing that attracts them is sugar. Recall that Focus wrote about poisonous caterpillars that appeared in the United States. If their hairs that make caterpillars fluffy and similar to the savages fall on the skin of the person, then cause irritation. Earlier, Focus wrote that unusual rain fell in the Chinese province. People perceived it as an apocalypse.