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Mite Crossing: Slick Roads Ahead
There were so many insects on the roadway that it looks as though the ground was moving. Reporter: Associated PressEmail Address: news@kake.com |
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Friday, July 3, 2009
When the Garfield County, Okla., sheriff's office started getting calls about millions of ants crossing an intersection, deputy Trot Bush thought it was a joke.
But he says when he arrived on Monday, there were so many insects that it appeared as if the ground was moving and the tiny critters had created a slick, hazardous area on the pavement stretching a quarter-mile.
Eventually authorities learned the bugs weren't ants, but mites. They'd apparently crossed the road that day after having dinner in a field of canola plants that had just been harvested.
Bush says the slick spot was created by the mites feasting on the plants, which are used to produce canola oil.
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