Hiker Finds Tiny Creatures Doing The Boogie-Woogie Around A Leaf

October 27, 2022

Imagine you're in the woods and you spot these tiny alien-looking bugs doing a dance around a leaf.

That's what happened to this hiker, who filmed the bizarre behavior and posted it to Reddit.

"Found some tiny strange bugs dancing around a leaf while hiking," he said. "Someone please tell me what the heck they are?"

It turns out they are beech blight aphids, commonly called "boogie woogie aphids". They form dense colonies on small branches and the undersides of leaves.

This aphid has a defensive behavior in that it raises the posterior end of its body and sways from side to side when disturbed, hence the name "boogie woogie" aphids.

Click Here For The Most Popular On Sunny Skyz

feel good videoWOW! Seal Begs Boaters For Help As Orcas Hunt Him

feel good storiesMom Shares 4th Grader's Spelling Test Answers, #13 Has Everyone Laughing

feel good storiesThis Letter From C. S. Lewis To His Goddaughter, For Whom He Wrote 'The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe'

feel good storiesThese Twin Cats Do Everything Together — And We Can’t Get Enough

feel good storiesCat Goes Viral For Playing Cards Against Humanity — And She’s Serving Pure Chaos

feel good storiesToddler ‘Arrested’ After Taking One Bite Out Of Every Fruit

feel good videoMan Spends 6 Months Teaching An Octopus To Play Piano

feel good videoDrone Stumbles Upon Polar Bears Living Their Best Life In Abandoned Soviet Research Station

feel good videoMom Catches Dad–Daughter Moment On Baby Monitor And Starts Sobbing

feel good videoToddler’s Wholesome Reaction To Dad Being 'Left Out' Goes Viral

feel good videoDog Won’t Stop Checking The Same Spot Outside, And The Reason Has Every Pet Owner Laughing

Chris Filippou 12:17 PM (3 minutes ago) to me