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re: Where are the Love Bugs?

Posted on 9/20/24 at 11:02 am to
Posted by K9
wayx....BOBO IN '19 &lt-- oops
Member since Sep 2012
26844 posts
Posted on 9/20/24 at 11:02 am to
Seed oils got em
Posted by Sun God
Member since Jul 2009
51852 posts
Posted on 9/20/24 at 11:02 am to
Mosquito spray trucks have managed to kill most bugs except mosquitoes
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
140573 posts
Posted on 9/20/24 at 11:06 am to
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These factors didn't stop them the last two years.


I checked on ChatGTP's source and that was from an article in October of 2023...last year.

So the numbers were down last year probably because of the relatively bad drought we had last summer.

This year the numbers might still be down because they still have not recovered from last years love bug genocide caused by the drought.
Posted by LSUfanNkaty
LC, Louisiana
Member since Jan 2015
11958 posts
Posted on 9/20/24 at 11:06 am to
quote:

Where are the Love Bugs?



Bruhhhh STFU
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
140573 posts
Posted on 9/20/24 at 11:07 am to
quote:

Mosquito spray trucks have managed to kill most bugs except mosquitoes
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
44613 posts
Posted on 9/20/24 at 11:08 am to
They put stuff in the water that turned them gay.
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
39153 posts
Posted on 9/20/24 at 11:11 am to
Do hummingbirds eat them? Because hummingbirds are everywhere here, in a good way.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
19991 posts
Posted on 9/20/24 at 11:11 am to
I ride a motorcycle, so frick a bunch of love bugs. I have a windshield on my cruiser but a buddy of mine was riding his bike without one.

We got to where we were heading after about 3 hours on the road and when he walked up to the crowd we were meeting up with, he got the nickname "Bugsplat" and it's stuck.

Cleaning a motorcycle after riding through swarms of love bugs is a hell of a lot harder than cleaning a car.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
74899 posts
Posted on 9/20/24 at 11:44 am to
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Sounds like the drought last year knocked their population down and they have not recovered.

It didn't stop crane flies back in the Spring.
Posted by FizzyPop
350 posts
Member since Jun 2024
823 posts
Posted on 9/20/24 at 11:54 am to
quote:

Mosquito spray trucks have managed to kill most bugs except mosquitoes


Posted by texn
Pronouns: Y'All/Y'All's
Member since Nov 2019
4099 posts
Posted on 9/20/24 at 12:05 pm to
Haitians are eating them
Posted by MsandLa
in the L.P.
Member since Jan 2009
7497 posts
Posted on 9/20/24 at 12:13 pm to
Since they are no longer spray where I live, fireflies/lightning bugs are coming back. I want grandkids to eventually catch them like we did.

With that said.....frick love bugs
Posted by mttiger
Metairie
Member since Sep 2004
150 posts
Posted on 9/20/24 at 1:58 pm to
Paint something outside. They’ll find it.
Posted by Double Oh
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2008
24055 posts
Posted on 9/20/24 at 2:18 pm to
Haven't seen a one yet and September is the month for love bugs.

Figured after the hurricane that came thru that they would come out but nope.
Posted by Specktricity
Lafayette
Member since May 2011
1351 posts
Posted on 9/20/24 at 2:30 pm to
I noticed this last weekend. I saw one single love bug by himself, and realized I had never seen that before. Its normally huge swarms.
Posted by back9Tiger
Island Coconut Salesman
Member since Nov 2005
17931 posts
Posted on 9/20/24 at 2:38 pm to
Sounds like someone pushing climate change to me.
Posted by TygerLyfe
Member since May 2023
3836 posts
Posted on 9/20/24 at 4:58 pm to
Vax got em
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
122013 posts
Posted on 9/20/24 at 5:03 pm to
Are they important to the food chain? In other words, if they were extinct would it have any impact on any other animals that might feed off of them?
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
44613 posts
Posted on 9/20/24 at 5:08 pm to
quote:

saw one single love bug by himself


They’re called masturbating bugs.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
140573 posts
Posted on 9/20/24 at 5:25 pm to
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Sounds like someone pushing climate change to me.


Nah, that's just weather.
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