:angry: D**m luvbugs. Take my car to work. Its night on the way there but driving home 10 miles and afterwards my car looks black from the lubugs I had killed. If killing these things were a crime I'd be a serial killer. Took me an hour to clean them off. :angry:

 

whats a luvbug?

 

the bane of any car owners existence!

 

You must be from Florida to know this terror of the luvbug!

I don't miss those things at all... but I feel for ya

 

Love Bugs are the cause of many strings of expletives
I park the car at night, get in the next morning for school D*MN Luv Bugs howd this happen i wasnt even moving!! :bang: :bang:
i heard they were a hybrid bug they tried to develop to eat mosquitos that escaped the lab and their population exploded! even if thats not true its probablyt cooler than what the truth is

 

Lovebugs

 

They are bad in south georgia too. I hate when they are around.

 

So, what part of Florida are you in?

I hate it when you hear them hitting your car. ...thwap.... dhunk... spluck... Almost as bad as following a dump truck. :bang:

 

Below is copied from the above link. Credit given to University of Florida, IFAS extension. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_MG068

Edit:
Nevermind, I just reread Brad's announcement. But read in the link the part about motorists.

Yes, it is that bad.

 

My husband just got back from a deep sea fishing trip in florida and the front of his red car was black with these critters. We had to pressure wash the car and still had trouble getting them off.

 

well i'm not from florida but i AM from louisiana and we cant even open our doors or they'll swarm inside our house! theres no point in sweeping because they can sometimes even get through the door when its closed! there horrible! i hate em! I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place....no car bra and the bugs stick...car bra and i risk scrathing/ scuffing the paint!

 

A real PITA!

Please don't ask what a PITA is.

 

Thanks for the heads up. I was invisioning a 4 pound bug full of paint etching acid......

 

Thanks on the article. Now we all know what Love bugs are.
Up here you can't drive near the river or body of water at night because of the bugs attracted by the cars light. In the daytime its red winged blackbirds during nesting time. I hit one of those suckers while riding a motorcycle. Almost knocked me off.

 

whats a pita?

 

My wife

 

So has anyone tried the baby oil trick?

 

Try and stay off the roads between 10am-2pm, that's the peak time they're out. Not the only time mind you, but the heaviest concentration of them. They're out in May and September. Earlier this year it took my wife and I a full hour just to clean off my front bumper

 

Sure are.

I just saw that you are in Waycross. What color is your '65 Stang? I saw a most awesome first gen. the other day.

 

They're in South Carolina too, trust me