What is happening in South Korea? Seoul has caught the lovebug that nobody wants

South Korea has recently been shot by another Lovebug fluctuation.

However, romanticism is definitely not in the air for Seoul and neighboring Incheon City residents This was disturbed by annoying insects In recent weeks, increasing temperatures caused by climate change has encouraged to spread.

The country’s Ministry of Environment said that on Friday, dozens of state workers were sent to Gyeyangsan, a mountain in the west of the capital.

At the beginning of this week, videos on social media showed natural hiking trails that were converted into the buzzing corridors of chaos during the summit.

Filming shows the hikers passing through versions of insects of small paintings, swallowed by thousands of small carcasses, one person with black -wing creatures and another person.

Inside A youtube videoA man gathered thousands of insects and then took them home to turn them into hamburgers where he looked like food.

Where does Lovebugs come from?

Scientifically known as Plecia Longerceps, Lovebugs takes their nicknames from mating behaviors as they flee to each other while flying.

Southeast China, Taiwan and Japan’s Ryukyu islands, including subtropics. It is also seen in some parts of Central America and South United States, including Texas and Florida.

According to the Ministry of Environment, it is believed that they first came from South China, which was first identified in South Korea in 2015. Since 2022, he added that they have emerged between June and July in Seoul and its surroundings, especially in the port areas and surroundings.

Why are they spreading?

Experts say that climate change and heating temperatures help to direct Lovebug to areas such as Seoul and Incheon.

Although global warming is a planetary issue, scientists have described Seoul as an area where temperatures increase faster than other parts of the world.

This becomes worse with the temperature effect of the city, where temperatures are much higher than nearby rural areas due to human -making structures that absorb and hold more heat.

Kim Tae-O Director of the Ministry of Environment, “Climate change increases ecological instability, we should stay awake during the summer,” he said.

Is it harmful?

Lovebugs do not transmit diseases or insertion people. However, public complaints adhering to car windows and the walls of houses, restaurants and metro trains.

So far, the authorities have advised local workers and residents to spray water or use adhesive pads instead of chemical pesticides.

Where could they spread from now on?

Populations are expanding in the northwest of South Korea, but more potential spread is unknown.

“When compared with the last two years, the number of Lovebugs rose sharply on the mountain last weekend,” Gyeyang region official Wang Hyeon-Jeong said on Tuesday. He said.

Hot, humid climate areas can attract them, they are suitable conditions for survival and reproduction.

What’s next for South Korea?

The Seoul City Government sees Lovebug as “ecologically useful ve, it does not create health risk for people, and helps to dust the flowers as they turn larvae into organic components.

But, local media According to the Metropol government of Seoul, complaints to the city increased more than twice and rose to 9.296 last year last year.

On Friday, the surrounding ministers agreed to strengthen and invest in response procedures after the last outbreak, which he described as “extremely violent”.

Kim, “We will closely monitor the situation and work with local authorities from the first stages of any outbreak,” he said.

However, it is reported that natural population control emerged because birds like sparrows and Magpies have learned to eat insects and caused their number to fall.

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