A strange phenomenon causes panic in Taiwan swarms of centipede insects were spotted wandering on its face

A video of centipede insects crawling in a forest in Taiwan has spread on social media, amid warnings that they are a sign of earthquakes.

In the video, a sea of ​​centipedes was seen on the forest floor, and netizens expressed concerns about the possibility of impending earthquakes because such events could indicate major environmental shifts.

According to the United Daily News website, Yang Xiaozhong, a tour guide from the nearby Shiba Recreation Farm, discovered the millipedes while leading a tour group on the Dalu Forest Road on Saturday, April 27, noting that the tour group initially thought the insects were dry grass.

Upon closer inspection, they realized that it was a huge swarm of millipedes crawling on the ground, extending about 40 to 50 metres.

Yang, a tour guide who has been working for 11 years, told local media that although he had encountered millipedes on the road before, this was the first time he had seen such a large group moving.

The video sparked a wave of controversy online, with many netizens attributing the millipede migration as evidence of the current seismic unrest in the country.

In response, Taiwan's Central Meteorological Administration reassured the public that "there is no need to panic excessively," stressing that earthquakes cannot be predicted based on this phenomenon alone.

Wu Liwei, an associate professor at Tonghai University in Taiwan in the Department of Life Sciences, noted that millipede migration is not unusual in Taiwan, adding: "Such migrations usually occur in response to major changes in their environment, such as food shortages or environmental shifts."