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re: Love bugs...Anybody else have a million of them around your house?

Posted on 9/12/26 at 6:06 pm to
Posted by jnethe1
Pearland
Member since Dec 2012
18213 posts
Posted on 9/12/26 at 6:06 pm to
quote:

Apparently smoking meat draws them in.


I did a brisket a few days ago. I don’t remember ever seeing that many love bugs in one place. Will wait until they die off before smoking another brisket.
Posted by Shamoan
Member since Feb 2019
14306 posts
Posted on 9/12/26 at 6:07 pm to
My 8 yr old daughter is doing her part catching and torturing them as they mate.
Posted by thumperpait
Member since Nov 2005
4131 posts
Posted on 9/12/26 at 10:48 pm to
Have millions of those damn things in north Louisiana. Hate them damn things.
Posted by 3deadtrolls
lafayette
Member since Jan 2014
7134 posts
Posted on 9/12/26 at 11:15 pm to
About almost died earlier when one flew into my throat while I was cutting grass.
Posted by PrimeTime Money
Houston, Texas, USA
Member since Nov 2012
28139 posts
Posted on 9/13/26 at 5:56 am to
Yes. I live in the Houston area and have hundreds of dead ones all over my back patio near my back door.
Posted by LSUfan4444
Member since Mar 2004
57464 posts
Posted on 9/13/26 at 7:36 am to
Fall is near, I don't mind them at all.
Posted by BOSCEAUX
Where the Down Boys go.
Member since Mar 2008
53262 posts
Posted on 9/13/26 at 7:38 am to
I used 2 cans of yard guard and had a good smoking fire in the fire pit going. Still got chased into the house at 2:30. I must have killed 10,000 yesterday and they still kept coming in droves. They’ve hung around much longer than usual. I cannot remember having to deal with them during football season. My back porch looks like love bug Jonestown.
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
20284 posts
Posted on 9/13/26 at 7:43 am to
A big reason why i make a stop at Bennys everyday and wash all that nonsense off
Posted by sledgehammer
SWLA
Member since Oct 2020
7977 posts
Posted on 9/13/26 at 7:47 am to
This is the longest time I remember them swarming. I feel like they’ve been out in force since mid August.
Posted by LanierSpots
Gulf of America / Sarasota FL
Member since Sep 2010
72082 posts
Posted on 9/13/26 at 7:56 am to
In Sarasota this spring was the most I have ever seen in my life and they lasted the longest. It was unreal.

We have a few here hatching out but its nothing like it was in the spring.
Posted by CSATiger
The Battlefield
Member since Aug 2010
7034 posts
Posted on 9/13/26 at 7:59 am to
been swarming here for two weeks, some even find a way inside, I hate them
Posted by Tigre85
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2019
2125 posts
Posted on 9/13/26 at 8:04 am to
Why do they always hang around gas stations ?
Posted by BOSCEAUX
Where the Down Boys go.
Member since Mar 2008
53262 posts
Posted on 9/13/26 at 8:06 am to
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This is the longest time I remember them swarming. I feel like they’ve been out in force since mid August.


They’ve been here for 6 weeks. It’s ridiculous.
Posted by mailman85
Kentucky
Member since Mar 2013
448 posts
Posted on 9/13/26 at 10:12 am to
Posted by TheFonz
Somewhere in Louisiana
Member since Jul 2016
23619 posts
Posted on 9/13/26 at 12:12 pm to
Stirred them up good cutting grass today. I think I accidentally ate a couple.
Posted by R11
Member since Aug 2017
5822 posts
Posted on 9/13/26 at 1:33 pm to
Worst I’ve seen them in recent years
Posted by Potchafa
Avoyelles
Member since Jul 2016
4688 posts
Posted on 9/13/26 at 1:54 pm to
Avoyelles Parish not bad at all.
Brother lives north of Beaumont. He said they are freaking terrible.
Posted by Eightballjacket
Member since Jan 2016
8117 posts
Posted on 9/13/26 at 1:56 pm to
They’re everywhere in the Shreveport area.
Posted by Horsemeat
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Member since Dec 2014
15733 posts
Posted on 9/13/26 at 2:13 pm to
Just delivered to the Walmart DC in Robert - got swarmed by the damned things when I stopped at their gate to check in. Insane. Two of them got squished in the door frame when I got back in the truck.
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
63736 posts
Posted on 9/13/26 at 2:25 pm to
quote:

I climb in the saddle of my motorcycle


My old man had one of these in roughly this color





Remember it having more of a farm tractor seat and saddlebags on the back. Called it a "legbreaker" as the kickback to start it could break your leg. The wife made him give it up after WW II and made me promise not to ride one till after she was dead. Needless to say, she lived extremely long and I did not break my promise.

Hate to think of what it would be worth had he passed it to me and about a half century of enjoyment.
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