East Peoria Invasion

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By WEEK Producer

Story Published: Jul 1, 2009 at 10:39 PM CDT

Story Updated: Jul 1, 2009 at 10:40 PM CDT

And, if you were in East Peoria Wednesday night you might have thought it was a plague of locusts.

We shot some video at a gas station in East Peoria, where thousands of mayflies have landed on just about anything and everything.
People were stopping to take pictures of the bugs.
Mayflies breed in water.and we've had a lot of it this year.
The good news, for us, not them, is that mayflies don't live very long.

Wednesday, Jul 22 at 7:58 PM Awesome wrote ...

It was a pretty cool sight. Also, that guy in the video is my dear friend Nathan Haydary.

Friday, Jul 3 at 1:19 AM I hate bugs! wrote ...

A friend and I went to the Cantina at Eastport in EP Wednesday night and we had to walk through a forest of them to get in! Yuck!

Thursday, Jul 2 at 10:56 AM dawn wrote ...

the bugs made it all the way over to morton also. the bp at the corner of jackson and main had them all over. but they werent as bad as the east peoria bp at main and camp.

Thursday, Jul 2 at 8:47 AM Dunlap Resident wrote ...

Went to the Paradise and the upper deck headed to the restroom I must of stepped on 300 of them on my journey (snap crackle pop ) under the ol feet

Thursday, Jul 2 at 7:52 AM Redbird wrote ...

I was at a baseball game at Eastside last night - the boys had a hard time playing with the bugs flying aound them in the field! It was awful!

Thursday, Jul 2 at 1:27 AM Pekin Resident wrote ...

It was an amazing site as I came across the bridge down the hill from the journal star on rte 150. It looked like a snow blizzard coming at you. The bugs were everywhere and were all over the bridge. Cars were slowing down as the bugs hit the winshield

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