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06-25-2009, 09:15 AM
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Lovebugs...did I miss them??
I don't know what happened, but I didn't see a single love bug this year. I just realized it is almost July and the first wave should have already come and gone by now.
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06-25-2009, 09:21 AM
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They were really bad in South FLorida this year, we only had a few days here in Central Florida that they were bad.
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06-25-2009, 09:28 AM
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That's odd - I live in South Florida and we didn't have a single one. Furthermore, I just drove the entire length of the Turnpike and back and not a single one. I believe they have been spraying as I have not seen any in years.
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06-25-2009, 09:46 AM
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Around Memorial day we drove from the Orlando area to Jupiter on a Saturday afternoon, and had to stop three times to scrub the windsheild they were so bad once we got south of YeeHaw Junction!
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06-25-2009, 03:47 PM
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I know! I asked the same thing in May. (They are usually around in May and Sept/Oct) Maybe the rain kept them away?
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06-25-2009, 07:45 PM
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Hopefully they're gone for good, crosses fingers.
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06-26-2009, 06:41 AM
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God Bless Our Troops!
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Location: Orlando
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I thought they were light this year too.
I remember just a couple years ago, we were on the bike and took RT 33 down to Polk City. We had to stop a couple time to clean off the windshild and our glasses.
We got off the bike and laughted when we crunched.
I think we were a walking lovebug graveyard.
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06-26-2009, 11:26 AM
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We have always visited the area in Sept. and always see lots of them then ~ do they come multiple times of the year?
We live near Orlando and had quite a few for a couple of weeks a couple of months ago.
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06-26-2009, 12:13 PM
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God Bless Our Troops!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by earthfaries
We have always visited the area in Sept. and always see lots of them then ~ do they come multiple times of the year?
We live near Orlando and had quite a few for a couple of weeks a couple of months ago.
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May and October are the most popular months for them.
They seem to love the pine trees so where you see a lot of pine you'll see the bugs. |
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06-27-2009, 11:43 AM
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I drove to, around and back from Orlando last week and my car got slathered with them.
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