Love Bug Swarms Florida
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Love bug swarms florida. They love florida because they like heat. Hardy but was seen in. The love bug plecia nearctica is a species of march fly found in parts of central america and the southeastern united states especially along the gulf coast. Florida love flies just doesn t have the same ring to it though.
Cbs local a swarm of love bugs overwhelmed a florida couple out for a day of fishing last week and video has gone viral on social media. Lovebugs are attracted to irradiated exhaust fumes. Rains drive how bad they get. It is also known as the honeymoon fly or double headed bug during and after mating matured pairs remain together even in flight for up to several days.
Dana erickson said she and her husband. The life span of a love bug is three to four days. Female love bugs lay 100 to 350 eggs underneath debris and decaying vegetation. Florida locals complain about extra annoying swarms of lovebugs invading the sunshine state in mating season splattering cars and sidewalks.
Across social media florida residents are proclaiming this the worst lovebug year ever it s bad jennifer weeks a professor of entomology and nematology at the university of florida told. They re always around but the infamous lovebug swarms only happen for a few weeks a year typically in may and september entomologists say. All about lovebugs the common name florida lovebugs actually refers to the species plecia nearctica a small fly in the family bibionidae that s also known as the march flies. They also are attracted to carbon dioxide.
Florida invaded by millions of love bug insects turning skies black as locals say it s never been this bad the sunshine state sees the insects swarming on busy roads and around.