UGH! Where I lived until last May had love bugs so bad. Two years ago it was so bad I had to invest in a squeegee and bucket just so I could see daily. I HATE LOVE BUGS!! The bad news is I am doing a ride in Love Bug country next weekend, I forgot about those punks!
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05-14-2006, 10:55 AM #1
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05-14-2006, 11:06 AM #2
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Ah...
So love bugs are real???
I thought they were a Mini (car) or the thing that gets you like Cupid does when you fall for someone!
Thanks for the link - I had no idea - learned my new thing for the day, I guess
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05-14-2006, 11:26 AM #3
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It's gnat season here. I hate riding through swams of them. This morning, I could hear them plinging against my jacket! The worst of all is when one gets in your eye--hurts like you-know-what. I wear glasses, too, but they still manage to make it past my lenses.
Then there are the black fleas who drown in the sweat/sunscreen mixture on your face when it's hot/humid weather. You come home to find all these dead black bugs stuck on your face.
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05-14-2006, 01:31 PM #4
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
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Never had an encounter with a love bug (of the insect variety), but the gross-est encounter I ever had was whilst taking part in a race.
I managed to inhale a fly through my nose! I like to think I have normal sized nostrils, but the canny little bugger managed to fly up my nose at the same time as I was snorting air in through it.
Not only did it catapult up my nose, but it reappeared at the back of my throat, whereupon I promptly hoiked it up and spat it out.
It wasn't gnat-sized either!
Horrible, horrible, horrible!Life is Good!
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05-14-2006, 01:47 PM #5
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LOL - I totally forgot about love bugs! They were a pain when I was in college in central Fla 30 years ago. Funny I did ride an old 3-speed bike back then, but not nearly the mileage I do now. Love bugs on a bike would be downright awful, not to mention dangerous!
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05-14-2006, 08:25 PM #6
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Yup, they're real:
Originally Posted by RoadRaven
http://insects.tamu.edu/extension/bu...uc/uc-009.html
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