Anons I took a few days off and was just reading through this drop again, and the word "infestation" jumped out at me.

infest

[in-fest]

1. to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do:

Ex: Sharks infested the coastline.

1. to be numerous in, as anything undesirable or troublesome:

the cares that infest the day.

1. To inhabit or overrun in numbers or quantities large enough to be harmful, threatening, or obnoxious: rats infesting the sewers; streets that were infested with drugs.

2. To live as a parasite in or on: livestock that were infested with tapeworms.

[infestation]

Q told us what we're dealing with.

An INFESTATION.