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09-09-2006, 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Rich Z
They probably taste bad to lizards. I don't think I have seen any of the local lizards ever eat them. Not only that, never see them in spider webs nor see dragonflys chasing them down. If it weren't for automobiles, they probably wouldn't have any predators at all...........  |
it seems they are attracted to the color white and exhaust fumes. i have never seen anything eat them either. i hate riding my duc when they are out. i have had my face shield so covered with them i could not see.
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09-14-2006, 11:20 PM
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Internet Sanitation Engineer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Crawfordville, FL
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Name : Rich Zuchowski
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The wife and I headed out of Tallahassee around noontime, heading north... Love bugs are REAL BAD in that area. We are in the Astro van and the front is literally plastered with dead bugs. Had to spend a good 10 to 15 minutes cleaning the windshield when we stopped for gasoline. I guess I had better put some slickum on the vette before I take it out again. It is amazing that so many bugs are willing to give up their lives simply to piss me off.....
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09-15-2006, 07:20 AM
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Location: Lecanto, Florida
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I was hoping for another "lite" season" like we had in May of this year. At least it was relatively lite around here on the Nature Coast. There's a big Corvette show this Saturday (tomorrow) in Clearwater at Dimmitt Chevrolet and it's a 2 hour drive down there. Might make it down there early in the morning without too many hits from those damn bugs but hate to think what the Vette will look like after the 2 hour ride home in the late afternoon. 
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10-02-2006, 12:17 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: St. Augustine, FL.--Nation's Oldest City
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I absolutely hate love bugs.
this is what's nice about a FL forum...folks who understand those little sacs of acid that hang stupidly in the air almost waiting to get squished by a car.
I sure hope they're gone soon, by the 8th at the latest would work for me. 
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10-02-2006, 12:38 AM
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I just put a coat of wax (carnauba) on the Z today as I am planning on driving down to Seffner this upcoming weekend. I got quite a collection of love bugs this weekend driving out route 10 headed east, and I want some extra protection on the car.
You know, the slower you drive, the lesser the problem they are. Not sure what the "squish speed" is for them, but I think you can lessen the chances by keeping the speeds down. Or just follow REAL closely to the vehicle in front of you. Let them clear the path for you... 
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10-02-2006, 06:59 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Tampa, Florida
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Name : Jim Kill
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LOVE BUGS NEED TO BE STOPPED!!
LOVE BUGS ARE A HUGH PROBLEM IN FLORIDA!
VOTE "NO" THIS NOVEMBER TO OUTLAW "LOVEBUGS".
CALL YOUR CONGRESSMEN TODAY!!
OR CALL 1.800.NO HERBIES 
Last edited by JIM KILL; 05-02-2008 at 08:42 AM.
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10-02-2006, 08:50 PM
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Location: Lehigh Acres
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They don't seem so bad down here this year. But, the husband is on business up in Lake City and southern Georgia and said they were really, really bad. He said he started noticing them above Tampa. Had to wash the car (the Trans Am not the vette) every night after traveling to get the bugs off.
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10-03-2006, 11:03 AM
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Location: Florida
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Originally Posted by 2Vettes
They don't seem so bad down here this year. But, the husband is on business up in Lake City and southern Georgia and said they were really, really bad. He said he started noticing them above Tampa. Had to wash the car (the Trans Am not the vette) every night after traveling to get the bugs off.
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Drove to GA for the Petit LeMans race,,, took a rental car of course! Love bugs allllll over the front and windshield. Would make my skin crawl to see all of them on the Vette......
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10-04-2006, 02:18 PM
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If you use RejeX they will hose wright off.
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10-04-2006, 02:25 PM
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Internet Sanitation Engineer
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Location: Crawfordville, FL
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Name : Rich Zuchowski
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Actually I do use Rejex, but haven't applied a coat of it lately. According to the directions, you shouldn't use it when temps are above 85 degrees. Which, of course, in Florida means a good proportion of the year. 
That's why I went with the Carnauba wax this time. Planning on driving down to Seffner this weekend for my STS install, so I am sure I'll pick up a load of bugs along the way.
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