Whats the deal with Love Bugs?

[SkydiveStMarys 0]

And no, I am not talking about the car....I am talking about the bugs that come around a few times a year here in the South...the ones that are attached to each other butt to butt. Which one is the male and which one is the female...who is the screwee and who is the screwer? One is always bigger then the other and the smaller one gets dragged around like a red headed step child!


Someone enlighten me.
Bobbi

A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

[swedishcelt 0]

I am from the East. WTH are those? Take picture and post please. I'm very curious.

[SkydiveStMarys 0]

When I lived in the Northeast, they weren't around up there...this is a Southern thang... They come around twice a year...like a migration....they are everywhere and I realized that it must be "that time of year"...'cause I am seeing them again over the last few days here and there....They like light colored cars and if you don't wash them off...they dead ones stuck to the car will discolor the paint on said car...I'll try and take a pick sometime today. Like I said...they are stuck together ass to ass.


I wonder if our friends as far as Texas have these little suckers?


Bobbi

A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

[n2skdvn 0]

Yep that time of the year again,little buggers can really mess up a paint job. Here's a little info on them. just have to get used to them.

if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN
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[SkydiveStMarys 0]

Ooooh I'm used to them...I just want to know who is the screwer and who is the screwee?

Bobbi

A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

[popsjumper 2]

Bobbi..WE are the screwees...THEY are the screwers...run into a cloud of them on the I-state and you're screwed.

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[PLFXpert 0]

They are man-made.

Was an experiment at my very own alma-mater, The University of Florida.

Love bugs live 24 hours so they must mate the majority of that time in order to procreate and keep the paint jobs on human vehicles forever paying for the scientists mistake.

(PS---the above is an urban legend that I believed for some time until I actually looked it up)

Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

[PLFXpert 0]

Here is a funny link to the origin/life of the lovebug.

http://www.snopes.com/critters/lurkers/lovebugs.htm#add

Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

[SkydiveStMarys 0]

So which one is the female and which is the male?


I am thinking the male is the one dragged backwards for the last 24 hours of his life.....aaaah such a pleasant thought to start the day.

Bobbi

A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

[PLFXpert 0]

That would be a logical guess--since females are stronger and men always follow them around

Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.