There are two love bug seasons around May and September. Luckly they do not last long because there is little to love about love bugs.
Some love bug facts.
You won't have to look too hard to see that Love Bug season is upon us again. The pairs of tiny flies are showing up on windshields and grills of cars and trucks around Florida.
"Love Bugs are small flies that are in the process of mating when they swarm over the roads. So usually there are two individuals: the large one is the female and the small one is the male. The female usually gets her way and she drags the male around with her."
"Love Bugs were introduced from South America. And actually what happened was that they spread around the Gulf of Mexico through Texas and Louisiana to invade Florida through the Panhandle and then down through the state."
"Usually you see them very dense on the roads between ten a.m. and four p.m. and those hot engines and the exhaust fumes are what attract them there."
Here's what a 30 minute drive down I95 this morining netted. The car was clean before it left.
Eveyone like my car's beard? Bug free before I left this morning, and traveling down 95, I could see the clouds of lovebugs before I drove through them. Look for some after the full detail photos soon.
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