The "Love Bugs" are awful in Florida this year (at least in Sarasota and the surrounding areas. Honestly, I would avoid travel to this area until they're gone in a couple of weeks. They generally arrive in May and September and last the whole month.
The "Love Bugs" mate while they are airborne and they're are zillions of them here. I'm told nothing eats them because they acidic, and that if they remain on the paint of your car their dead carcasas can "eat" the paint. I don't know if that's true, or not but I have to wash my car after every single trip (even around the block to the health club). After a short trip on the expressway, it's hard to see thru your windshield if you drive through a cloud of "love bugs" and the don't come off with just windshield washer fluid. It takes scrubbing.
The "love bugs" seem to like sunshine and they don't seem to be too many in early morning until about noon or after dark.
I don't even like to venture away from the house while they're here. They sure could spoil a vacation.
The "Love Bugs" mate while they are airborne and they're are zillions of them here. I'm told nothing eats them because they acidic, and that if they remain on the paint of your car their dead carcasas can "eat" the paint. I don't know if that's true, or not but I have to wash my car after every single trip (even around the block to the health club). After a short trip on the expressway, it's hard to see thru your windshield if you drive through a cloud of "love bugs" and the don't come off with just windshield washer fluid. It takes scrubbing.
The "love bugs" seem to like sunshine and they don't seem to be too many in early morning until about noon or after dark.
I don't even like to venture away from the house while they're here. They sure could spoil a vacation.