Invasion

I woke up and I heard the sound of rain. It was around 5 O'clock.

I thought: “Shit! I got to go to the toilet.”

For your information, our toilet is outside...

Now, while I was lying in my bed, trying to think of a solution, I noticed a unusually high number of insects crawling around my bed.

Annoyed and disgusted I opened my eyes.

First of all the light outside on the balcony was on. This is quite normal, because we always ( if we have power) leave it on for security reasons.

The second thing I noticed was the vibrating curtain above my head.

. . .

“Why the **** is it vibrating???????”

Before really figuring out what was happening some basic instincts told me to get my head out of reach of this god forsaken curtain.

So I lay down the other side of the bed and I observed.

And I listened. To the rain.

Rain?

There was a monotone drumming sound against the window in combination with another unidentifiable sound.

This and the increasing number of crawling things under and on my blanket, finally made me realize:

What invaded the room and brought my curtain to life, was neither the devil nor some evil spirits

                - it was a giant swarm of flying insects.

More precisely ants, flying ones! - How I was told later that day.

So after a five minute period of shock, I got up, trying to find a bug-free place.

First I turn on the light. Bad Idea - More Bugs.

So I go outside.

…

Shock!

I've never seen something similar.

The biggest, most horrific swarm of insects I ever saw, each of them fighting for a spot on the light bulb.

What really confused me though, was the fact that a group of people was exactly in the middle of this crawling and flying ocean of ants.

It just made no sense. But since I was still on the run, I first of all walked abut 20 meters away from the scene – thats about as much as it took to get away from the worst (there were still some ants around).

I took a deep breath and tried to figure everything out.

OK, first things first: I still have to go to the toilet.

After finishing my business, I returned back to unsolved puzzle in front of our house.

Now I `can see what the people are doing:

They are collecting them. They are collecting flying ants.

…

Guess what we had for Lunch.

After removing the wings...

The people collecting the ants.

They show me their catch.

 Our balcony in the morning.

 A battlefield... 

 Close ups!

Mhhhhhhh.... Tasty!