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Where are the Love Bugs?
Posted on 9/20/24 at 10:42 am
Posted on 9/20/24 at 10:42 am
It's hotter than a whore on nickel night here in the deep south. Could have sworn Love Bugs start flying around this time of the year and signaling that cool weather is on the horizon. Good luck tomorrow UCLA, not sure you really know the July type temps you're stepping into.
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Posted on 9/20/24 at 10:43 am to FizzyPop
Shut your whore mouth
Posted on 9/20/24 at 10:43 am to FizzyPop
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Where are the Love Bugs?
Good question. Usually cars are covered in them this time of year.
Posted on 9/20/24 at 10:44 am to FizzyPop
You're looking in all the wrong places
Posted on 9/20/24 at 10:44 am to FizzyPop
The Cicadas ate all of them
Posted on 9/20/24 at 10:44 am to FizzyPop
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Where are the Love Bugs?
Had one in my pool yesterday but that is the only one I have seen thus far and I am outside daily.
Posted on 9/20/24 at 10:44 am to FizzyPop
The chemtrails killed them all
Posted on 9/20/24 at 10:45 am to FizzyPop
They showed up in the free state of Livingston a few weeks ago but were very few in number. Haven’t saw anymore since the storm.
Posted on 9/20/24 at 10:45 am to cryptkeeper
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Haven’t saw anymore since the storm.
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Livingston
Checks out
Posted on 9/20/24 at 10:46 am to cryptkeeper
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They showed up in the free state of Livingston a few weeks ago but were very few in number.
What could be keeping their numbers down this season? Weather? Pesticides?
Posted on 9/20/24 at 10:48 am to FizzyPop
From ChatGPT:
ChatGPT sourced that from a Weather Underground article from last October.
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Sounds like the drought last year knocked their population down and they have not recovered.
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This season has seen a notable drop in the number of love bugs along the Gulf Coast, including Florida. Experts speculate that factors such as extreme heat, increased pesticide use, and changes in the environment could be impacting their population. Love bug larvae rely on decaying organic matter in moist soil to thrive, and extended dry or hot conditions may be disrupting this cycle. While it's unclear if this is a long-term trend, their decreased presence has been a surprise this year?(Weather Underground).
ChatGPT sourced that from a Weather Underground article from last October.
LINK
Sounds like the drought last year knocked their population down and they have not recovered.
This post was edited on 9/20/24 at 10:51 am
Posted on 9/20/24 at 10:49 am to FizzyPop
A pox on you and your ilk for summoning those demons!
I gotta take a road trip next week and just washed my truck, so I'm sure I'll find plenty of them.
I gotta take a road trip next week and just washed my truck, so I'm sure I'll find plenty of them.
This post was edited on 9/20/24 at 10:49 am
Posted on 9/20/24 at 10:50 am to FizzyPop
They are here. I hope that they stay as inactive as they are right now.
Posted on 9/20/24 at 10:51 am to FizzyPop
They were around a few weeks ago but I’ve only seen a few after the storm
Posted on 9/20/24 at 10:52 am to Champagne
I always felt it was first week of October when my truck gets plastered
Posted on 9/20/24 at 10:53 am to FizzyPop
Spotty in Texas for the last few weeks. Not the onslaught like we are used to.
Posted on 9/20/24 at 10:56 am to FizzyPop
Saw one in the yard yesterday
Posted on 9/20/24 at 10:58 am to FizzyPop
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Where are the Love Bugs?
You miss them?
Hope they stay wherever they are and never come back.
Posted on 9/20/24 at 10:59 am to GumboPot
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Experts speculate that factors such as extreme heat, increased pesticide use, and changes in the environment could be impacting their population.
These factors didn't stop them the last two years.
Posted on 9/20/24 at 11:02 am to FizzyPop
Finally some good news! 
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