nurseypoo5 said:
I keep reading bad things about love bugs..arent those the black fly thingy's attached to eath other by there...errr..well...ummmm ...."thingys?"
How bad are the bugs now....we leave on Saturday..i dont like bugs, not even those bugs in the throes of passion.
Quote from The Nicholls Worth....
Doucet explains why love bugs seem to always travel in pairs.
"'Cause they like to have sex,' he says. "Once the love bugs are attached, the female controls both walking and flying." Unfortunately for the male, this will be his first and last sexual experience. Following fertilization, the attached male "is digested from inside out in order to provide nutrients for the offspring," Doucet says.
Despite claims that love bugs serve no purpose, they do play a role in the local environment, Doucet says.
"Love bugs do perform a needed for for humans, the larva eat tons of dead grass but do not touch the live grass."
It goes on to explain how they're attracted to car exhaust and dead grass, which is why they're always near the roadways. Some people believe that when there are lots of love bugs, it means a light hurricane season.
Doucet is a Biology Professor at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana who has dedicated much time and energy studying love bugs.
A dryer sheet works well to remove them from your car. If you have the time thought, take a big roll of plastic wrap and wrap your bumper and take a blow dryer to it to make it stick good. Trim it and cut holes in the grill. This will hold for about a week, and will come off easy leaving no love bugs.
