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Muscatine Weekly Journal
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa
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Swarms of unidentified bugs infested lamp-posts and lit windows throughout an unnamed city last evening, covering the ground and forcing residents to either forgo lights or close windows. The insects, larger than light-flies and similar to 'snake feeders,' disappeared by morning except for a few that died in lights.
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They had entirely disappeared this morning, with the exception of a few that perished by flying into the light.
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Last Evening
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they had entirely disappeared this morning, with the exception of a few that perished by flying into the light.
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Swarms of bugs were observed last evening around the lamp-posts throughout the city, and at windows where lights were placed. They are larger than the ordinary light-fly, and of altogether a different species. We have heard them termed "dragon-flies," "June-bugs," "shad-flies," etc., but we think they do not resemble either of the insects known by these names. They are something similar in appearance to the fly which is seen on the marshes of ponds and rivers, commonly called "snake feeders," though perhaps somewhat smaller. At many of the lamp posts the ground was literally covered for many feet around, and they were clinging to the posts and fluttering around the lights in incalculable numbers, and rendered it necessary either to retire to rest without a light or to keep the windows closed.