On Apr 7, 9:34*am, "D.Duck" wrote:
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On Apr 6, 6:49 pm, wrote:

On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:28:02 -0400, Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:

Well if you want to look on the positive side, as least it is not as
obnoxious as "Love Bugs". I was in Orlando when they swarmed and that
was nasty.

They may soon be coming to a neighborhood near you. Apparently, they are
an invasive species from Central America, and are working their way north
along the coast. I've been fortunate never to have had a problem driving
through them, but I do remember a time I was sitting outside on a lawn.
Literally, one minute there was nothing, 5 minutes later they were
everywhere, coming out from the lawn. It was like someone had thrown a
switch. They have an incredible sense of timing.

To me at least, they don't seem to be as numerous in FL as they were.
Today's pollen count in ATL is 1705.

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I've been in Florida full time for 16 years and the love bug population may
vary from year to year. Last year was as bad or worse than I've ever
experienced. *After even the shortest drives in the car I had to get out the
bug remover and clean them off when returning home.

If we take trips during the "season" I carry required cleaning supplies to
clean the car before the little devils can damage the paint.

I was in Orlando way back somewhere around 74 and was my first
experience with them. Then I lived in the Tampa area for 15 years in
the 80's and didn't seem to see them in anywhere near the
concentration that I seen that year in Orlando. It may just be because
it was my first sighting.