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Footage from the US National Weather Service picked up the mass on a meteorological radar.
Experts say this is just the tip of the metaphorical insect iceberg. These radars focus on higher elevations, meaning it's not capturing a lot of what's happening on the ground.
"What we are seeing is a very small subset of what's actually happening, grasshopper-wise," meteorologist Clay Morgan told the Washington Post.
The internet, however, is capturing plenty of it.
And it didn't take long for the reactions.
From Bugs Life references:
To questions about what the swarm really indicated:
To someone who clearly had caught on to the bugs' main goal:
There is, to much relief, a scientific explanation to this.
Nevada has already seen more rain this year than the annual average..
Experts say this unusual weather has propelled the migration of the grasshoppers. The insects aren't considered dangerous, but the cloud could stick around for a few weeks yet.
