Car Covered In Love Bugs
And if the bugs dry on the radiator they can block airflow preventing the anti freeze from cooling the engine which.
Car covered in love bugs. It s the worst i ve seen in 20 years here ken skizas said of. What s a car owner to do. In extreme cases enough lovebugs can coat the car s grill and disrupt the engine s airflow which can cause the car to overheat. Twice a year in the spring and the fall clouds of these little black bugs make their appearance with a splatter.
Love bug season is literally just moments away is your vehicle ready for them. Love isn t the word that comes to mind for irritated drivers when they bring their bug covered vehicles to the car wash. A quick drive to the grocery store can result in windshields bumpers and every other surface of your car being covered with black splotches the splattered remains of love bugs. It s very important when the season comes around to apply a good coat of car wax to the front end of your vehicle to the hood and the bumper.
Leaving the love bugs on your car while it sits out in direct sunlight can cause your vehicle s paint to come off with the removal of the love bugs. Keeping your car truck or suv as clean is challenging with fresh bug guts all over it but even worse if you let these bugs dry or etch into paint and can even cause permanent damage. Living in florida means living with love bugs. It s difficult to remove lovebugs from the grille of your car or truck.
Those who live in lovebug territory know it s important to wash the dead lovebugs off your. Some areas experience the effects of bugs more than others and may require more intense removal techniques like in florida where the lovebug is a major problem. Sometimes there s so many of them that it looks like you re driving through black smoke or it sounds like it s raining on your car. Drivers traveling through a mating swarm soon find their windshields literally covered in dead lovebugs limiting visibility.
Soon our windshields and grilles will be covered with the splattered remains of black and red insects. Driving at night or early in the morning is the best way to prevent these annoying love bugs from sticking to your car. It s that season again.