{"id":32084,"date":"2025-07-01T07:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T07:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/millions-of-lovebugs-swarm-hikers-in-south-korea\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T07:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T07:52:10","slug":"millions-of-lovebugs-swarm-hikers-in-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/millions-of-lovebugs-swarm-hikers-in-south-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Millions of ‘lovebugs’ swarm hikers in South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Hikers at Gyeyangsan mountain in South Korea found an unexpected surprise at the summit – a huge swarm of ‘lovebugs’.<\/p>\n

In a video shared to social media, a hiker who visited the mountain is seen covered in the small insects and swatting them away with an electric bug zapper.<\/p>\n

The mountain was “covered with bugs” that formed a “thick carpet”, he told local media.<\/p>\n

Lovebugs – given the name due to their habit of flying around in pairs – have been appearing in large numbers across parts of South Korea in the last few years, according to local reports.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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