Snapshot Serengeti Talk

Insects

Subject: ASG0014th6

by samhe

Lots of flies here, but no way of marking them

Posted May 18, 2014 8:41 PM
by yayamaui

look like locust swarm

Posted May 18, 2014 9:48 PM
by davidbygott moderator

#termite swarm - short bodies, 2 pairs of long similar wings. I've never seen locusts swarm there.

Posted May 18, 2014 9:55 PM
by sandwood

Oooh. Nice find!

Posted May 19, 2014 2:30 AM
by AowlanCrystal moderator

#Bug Plague! look like Termites!.

Posted May 20, 2014 9:36 PM
by Blauvogel

#Bug Swarm of locusts or termites?
I think locusts, far too big for termites or anything else in my opinion, especially the bodies.

Posted May 28, 2014 7:07 AM
by Blauvogel

There are locust species with two pairs of long, similar wings (appearing similar at least when photographed like that).

Posted May 28, 2014 7:07 AM
by davidbygott moderator

But locusts would show hind legs, and we never see locust swarms in Serengeti. This is undoubtedly a mating swarm of termites. Honest!

Posted May 28, 2014 5:25 PM