Truth About Love Bugs
For north floridians summer is the season of love or lovebugs.
Truth about love bugs. By alex tiegenspecial to the sun tuesday may 29 2007 at 12 01 am. Lovebugs migrated from central america traveling. Hardy but was seen in. There is an element of truth to this as far as bed bugs tend to be found in places that have a lot of clutter or dirt making it easy for them to take refuge and hide.
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. And they force you to wash your car more than you may. Love bugs are not solely a floridian plague. This insect is an invasive species from central america.
Gainesville fla fact or fiction. They travel in packs. The proof behind this claim is one google search away one of the top links to the search of love bugs being an article by the university of florida about the origins of love bugs and how the university in fact did not invent them but the people of florida remain ignorant to the background of their most interesting insect. By larry williams sep 16 2013 fall 2013 insects.
The truth about those pesky love bugs september 11 2015 by mandie b. The truth about those pesky lovebugs. Sometime in the 1950s an experiment gone horribly wrong at the university of florida produced a pesky bug with no apparent purpose. The strange looking insect commonly known as the lovebug.
Bed bugs are only the problem for poor and dirty people. The truth about lovebugs. How to find bed bugs united states environmental protection agency june 8 2015. The species was first described in 1940 by d.
However bed bugs can be just as happy living in a luxury goose down mattress in the mansions of the rich. Knowing the truth about these pests can help you detect an infestation in your home as quickly as possible and guide you to problem solving. Contrary to popular belief lovebugs were not introduced to the state by the university of florida. Parasites bed bugs centers for disease control and prevention january 10 2013.
The truth about lovebugs. Truth is mother nature. Adult lovebugs on building photo credit. 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.