Them things that fly around attached to each other until the meet a windshield. They just show up one day and cover your car with their remains, then are suddenly gone.
2006-09-25 11:11:27 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Love bugs suck @ss. They're more worthless than spiders. A whole new crop just popped up here last week, and there are dead ones all up by my front door and on the front of my car.
Love Bugs are black bugs that mate as they fly, hence the name, Love Bug. They are attracted to the odor of car exhaust that has been exposed to sunlight. They like to hang out around the highways and your first encounter with a lovebug will be as it hits your windshield. Lovebugs are prevalent from April to May and again from late August to mid-September.
They were first discovered in 1940, by an entomologist named Hardy who lived in Galveston, Texas. Now they range from Costa Rica to South Carolina.
Deforestation and possibly the influx of cattle have added to love bug population density.
In most areas, flights take place during April to May and August to September, but in portions of Florida there is an additional flight in December.
Love bugs congregate at intersections, traffic lights, filling stations, and truck stops. They love diesel exhaust, warm car hoods, and engines.
The myth that love bugs eat mosquitos is totally unfounded. Adult love bugs are vegetarians.
Likewise, the myth that lovebugs were created by an experiment gone horribly wrong at the University of Florida is not true.
Love bugs are attracted to anethole, an essential oil found in some plants. This is what scientists use to bait sticky traps to catch them.
2006-09-26 08:46:47 · answer #1 · answered by NA 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
These flies are actually invaders from Central America and have been working their way northward along the coast. They have been spotted as far north as Wilmington, NC. I just wonder why they have not made the news as much as the KILLER BEES. Discrimination against bugs is getting out of control.
2006-09-26 03:44:18 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it really is worry-free for me--"Tainted Love" in a heartbeat because i like that song. yet for come on eileen, I by no skill ought to face that song, it made me favor to pull my hair out or rip my ears off on each occasion I heard that song, it jogged my memory of subculture club or adult adult males at paintings, jb or britney spears or nsync or new youthful toddlers on the block--a dreadful song. i imagine listening to that song again would supply me an epileptic seizure. in reality if I received a dexys middle of the night runners cd as a prize, i'd use it for a coaster or frisbee. as well for pop song there is way extra ideal artists than them.
2016-11-23 21:19:52 · answer #3 · answered by dungey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are originally from South America, but live in the ground until hatching out.
2006-09-25 11:17:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
hmmm well it all happens when a two hate bugs meet and have some fun and give birth to a love bug i dont know geez
2006-09-25 12:52:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, I thought you were talking about crabs and I was going to send you a bottle of Kwell shampoo. Never mind.
2006-09-26 21:28:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They come from the "female anatomy" after a fulfilling night with her mate.
2006-09-30 03:46:45 · answer #7 · answered by bunstihl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are the illegitimate children of bed bugs.
2006-09-29 14:31:41 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't really know where they first came from, but I do know that when their season comes, they come out of the ground!!
2006-09-25 16:25:34 · answer #9 · answered by Smartees 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They come from the same company that sells sea monkeys.
2006-09-25 11:14:43 · answer #10 · answered by Lynn K 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋