DRUMMOND, Okla. -- When the Garfield County, Oklahoma sheriff's office started getting calls about millions of ants crossing an intersection, Deputy Trot Bush thought it was a joke.
But when the deputy arrived, there were so many insects that it appeared as if the ground were moving, and the tiny critters had created a slick, hazardous area on the pavement stretching a quarter-mile.
Eventually authorities learned the bugs weren't ants, but mites.
They'd apparently crossed the road that day after having dinner in a field of canola plants that had just been harvested.
Bush says the slick spot was created by the mites feasting on the plants, which are used to produce canola oil.
