Rasafrakin' Love Bugs...

It seems like this year is worse than all the other 19 years I've lived here...




I took these after my trip to see my GF in Ft. Myers. It's only two hours away, but I probably killed over 1000 of these godforsaken creatures. Anyone else have any Love Bug Horror stories?

 

wow i went driving my car for about 50 miles or soo and it took a good 30+ minutes to get them off the front of my car when is love bug season over again ????

 

God, thats one thing I do not miss about living in Florida.

 

see this thread ... one of the guys w. an rx has your solution!

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=283209

 

Wow, is this a Florida thing these lovebugs? There ain't nothing I'd be loving about these lovebugs.

 

Ya, a FL thing - twice a year, these lovebugs come out of nowhere, drift around in 'pairs' in flight mating, and a few weeks later, disappear as completely as they came.

It does vary in the state though. I heard Orlando got bombed with them this year, but in Ocala, just 90mi. NW where I am, this is the lightest season I've seen - just a couple of weeks and very few even during that time.

 

We've gotten them pretty bad here in the Tampa area. They've lasted a lot longer than I'm used to, as well. Seems like we've had them for the better part of 4 weeks now. The thing that really sucks, is that they are so tough to scrub off the car. Bake them on the hood and front bumper in the hot sun for a few days, and they're stuck like superglue.

 

Must suck....be all "going at it" with your woman...then Blammm!!! A GS430 smashes you to juice...Kinda brings new meaning to safe sex.

 

It's actually worse than that for the males...

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_bug

lol

 

The car wash loves you

 

"Love is in the air."

 

and onto a Lexus front bumper and hood.

 

We need close-up.

My worst came on a drive from So. Cal to Oregon and back to So. Cal. At least ours was a variety. About 2 years back I posted a thread with picture of a Porsche 996 that had a bird caught in the bumper air vent. Ewwww....

 

From what you say, I guess all is not too bad since these bugs will not be around for long.

 

damn bugs were a contributing factor to a lowside i had a couple years ago...