Mosquito ‘Tornado’ Spotted in Argentina

Move over Shark-Nado. Skeeter-Nado is now a thing. Motorists near Buenos Ares in Argentina took a video of a cloud of thousands of mosquitos taking on the shape of a tornado. According to Juan Jose Garcia, a researcher from the Center for Parasitological and Vector Studies, this type of mosquito breeds in ‘swarms’ or groups of hundreds or even thousands several feet above the ground, not in pairs like what we see here in the Carolinas.

This coastal community has dealt with heavy rain and warmer temperatures leaving open fields flooded with standing water. It created the ultimate breeding ground for these pesky bugs -a  similar process to what we see here, during warm, wet summer months.

This type of mosquito is found across Argentina – usually in rural areas. However, when they are born in large numbers they also can invade cities. Although these swarms are a scary sight, if they land on you, they don’t bite, so they pose no health risk to humans.  Luckily, the life cycle of these skeeters is just 15 days so the best course of action is to grab some bug spray and wait it out.