When Will The Love Bugs Be Gone In Florida

A florida couple s fishing trip was overtaken by a swarm of love bugs wednesday off the coast of sarasota as seen in a video that s gone viral.

When will the love bugs be gone in florida. These tiny flies are a nuisance pest and related to mosquitoes and gnats. Love bug season on the florida beaches occurs twice each year april may and august september. The species was first described in 1940 by d. They are around for four weeks in may and they come back in september.

Males are tiny only 1 4 long 6mm and the females are only slightly bigger at just under 1 2 inch 12mm long. 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. These overly amorous critters are native to central america not the result of a genetic. Love bugs come out twice a year.

Female love bugs lay 100 to 350 eggs underneath debris and decaying vegetation. Love bugs came from central and south. If you ve heard the rumor that they were created in a lab at the university of florida that s not true. Love bugs are a small black fly with a red thorax the part right behind the head.

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. Love bugs get their name from flying connected end to end. The university of florida says they did not introduce the love bug to the state but that in the 20th century the bugs migrated from central america and traveled through texas and louisiana before. Hardy but was seen in.

Lovebugs swarm in florida twice a year typically in may and in september. That isn t true but what is true is that love bugs migrated to the u s. There are rumors on how love bugs came to be that include how the university of florida created them in a lab to control mosquitoes. Their name comes from the fact that they mate while airborne and you ll rarely see a lone love bug.

Love bugs are the result of a genetic experiment gone wrong at the university of florida. They do not bite or sting. The university of florida says they did not introduce the love bug to the state but that in the 20th century the bugs migrated from central america and traveled through texas and louisiana before.