When redditor your_name_here___ posted a video of <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/yefqvo/found_some_tiny_strange_bugs_dancing_around_a/">some feathery-looking bugs dancing</a>, 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 <a href="https://bugoftheweek.com/blog/2020/10/19/waxy-ladies-dance-like-someones-watching-woolly-beech-aphid-aka-boogie-woogie-aphid-grylloprociphilus-imbricator" class="on">the woolly beech aphid</a>. 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! #aphid #boogiewoogieaphid, #insect #woollybeechaphid