Originally Posted By DrBro22 I think it's hilarious how foreing people (or people at least ten states away from florida) get scared half to death when they see a love bug! When I'm not riding a roller coaster or waiting on someone in my family to get out of the bathroom, I just sit and watch the grown men run away from love bugs. Has anyone else noticed this?
Originally Posted By MPierce I was attacked, and mauled by love bugs when I was younger. I always run from them! One vicious attack in my lifetime is enough.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 try out the cicada's here now - the love bugs don't look so bad any more..
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 The Dixie had lizards (3-4 inches long) to eat the bugs. They use to sun themselves everywhere, you really had to be careful where you stepped, because they had no fear. But there were no bugs. Someone told me they were at WDW, don't remember which resort, and they had some kind of butterfly/moth to eat the bugs, but these things got out of hand and were all over the walls, the guests, and they were fornicating like crazy. Amazes me, with all the flowers at WDW, the only place I've seen bees is at the rose garden on the Fantasyland side of the Castle. How do they do it?
Originally Posted By danyoung I think it's hilarious when people talk about foreing people! Sorry, couldn't resist . . .
Originally Posted By MPierce >>, and they were fornicating like crazy. << That's what Love Bugs do for a living. What ever you do, don't let them dry on your car for a long time after a trip. Their little dead bodies will eat right through the paint.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 there are lots of them but they don't tend to bother me. Busy little guys aren't they,.... though.
Originally Posted By kennect Scariest thing about those lovebugs is what they can do to the finish of your car....That bug juice can ruin it....
Originally Posted By vbdad55 how about 100,000 2 - 3inch cicadas around a single tree ? yuck ! <a href="http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/cook/blogs/eb111/index.html" target="_blank">http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/ cook/blogs/eb111/index.html</a>
Originally Posted By MinnieSummer Not only do the lovebugs ruin the finish on your car they also stink! I gag every time I have to wash them off the front bumper -- but that's what my husband is for so I don't do it very often. Actually, there was an article in the sunday paper saying that you should cover your bumper in baby oil before making any trips and that will allow those nasty little bugs to slide right off making clean up much easier.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Speaking of yuck. Did you see about 2/3 down that site, it said cicadas are edible. What WDW restaurant would/could serve those?
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 BTW, English Sparrows eat the Japanese Beetle adults, and Starlings eat the grubs. Where are you from DVC dad, we don't get the Japanese beetles until July 4th.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> how about 100,000 2 - 3inch cicadas around a single tree ? yuck ! << No thanks vbdad55 I think I'll stick with our Love Bugs. Now that I think about it, they are kind of cute the way they fly in total harmony.
Originally Posted By Labuda Weird. I never have been bothered by cicadas. Used to get them in our yeard every summer when I was a kid in San Antonio. Oh, but don't EVEN get me started on love bugs! I HATE THOSE THINGS!!! OMG, took me sme hard-core scrubbing to get their carcasses off my car when we drove down to FL in Sept 04. Rentals only for me now - let Alamo worry about getting the bug guts off. EW!
