When redditor your_name_here___ posted a video of some feathery-looking bugs dancing, no one wanted to believe they were really called boogie woogie aphids. It sounds like a joke, but a little digging revealed that that is what they are called. Bugs get their names from people, after all. Their other common name is the woolly beech aphid. They live on American beech trees and produce their own wax, which is the feathery stuff you see waving in the wind.
The boogie woogie dance is a defensive action, possibly designed to confuse a predator. Or redditors, as the case may be. Don't get too close, because they also have needlelike mouth parts they use to pierce a beech tree, and if they are scared or angry enough, they will pierce your skin. Otherwise, they will just boogie on!
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