Love Bugs Suck

[Nanci]

Oh, and here's the really cool thing about them- they come out twice a year!!

Nanci

[Lise]

Oh, and here's the really cool thing about them- they come out twice a year!!

Nanci

Do the hurricanes or state-wide brush fires get rid of them? Or do they just clear the breeding gounds for the next crop?

(ps, I think I finally spelled "hurricane" correctly. Do you know how hard it is not to spell it like "lidocaine"?!?)

[Nanci]

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If you want to avoid them, all you have to do is go swimming!!

[bentforlife]

can literally eat the paint off your car. When you drive through those huge clouds of them, their little smashed up bodies are so acidic they will eat the paint off the car.

I hated thosse nasty bugs. And I think it could be dangerous biking through a cloud of them.

Glad we don't have them in N. TX.

Donna

[maillotpois]

YUK!!! That is so gross!!

I had a bee or large fly hit me in the teeth - while I was climbing yesterday. I have to constantly remind myself to close my mouth when descending, but while going up (slowly)? Crazy!

[DrBee]

I remember lovebugs from south Louisiana. The coated the car and stuck to everything. It was so nasty!

I kept getting thwacked with cicadas last summer when I did morning rides. I've breathed in more than a few ginormous mosquitos here in MS. I have a tendency to ride with my mouth open - I'm always congested. I have to make sure I close my mouth when I come up on trees. Ewwww

[Aint Doody]

I remember them all too well myself--I've been out of Mississippi for 14 years. There's a lot I miss about the Deep South, but those nasty bugs aren't one of those things. You would be on a trip of maybe 100 miles and would have to stop every few towns to clean your windshield. They are disgusting. I do kinda miss armadillos though. And I definitely miss mockingbirds.

[Selkie]

YUK!!! That is so gross!!

I had a bee or large fly hit me in the teeth - while I was climbing yesterday. I have to constantly remind myself to close my mouth when descending, but while going up (slowly)? Crazy!

Haha, that happened to me last summer. A big yellow/black fuzzy bee flew into my front tooth and bounced off, presumably to his death. It hurt like heck but I was glad he didn't get inside my mouth. It was a good reminder to keep my mouth shut.

[pegandthepups]

Haha, that happened to me last summer. A big yellow/black fuzzy bee flew into my front tooth and bounced off, presumably to his death. It hurt like heck but I was glad he didn't get inside my mouth. It was a good reminder to keep my mouth shut.

You are so lucky that you did not get stung. Last summer my BF was on a long ride and a bee flew in his mouth and stung his lower lip...which proceeded to get HUGE, it looked like he had been punched in the mouth....he had to stop by a friend's house a few towns over and borrow some ice!! I got home from work and wow.....poor guy!

[fatbottomedgurl]

I rode through a swarm of bees yesterday on a fast downhill. I felt them bounce off my chest. But no stings! And none in my mouth