Love bugs are swarming

[networkpro]

They just came out in numbers in the past day or two. They are pretty bad near the. Mexico Pavilion.

 

[OFP-857]

They just came out in numbers in the past day or two. They are pretty bad near the. Mexico Pavilion.

got me all excited, thought you meant they were gonna do something for Herbies 50th

 

[disney4life2008]

Ironically i live here and yet to see a love bug

 

[NearTheEars]

Ironically i live here and yet to see a love bug

Haven't seen one yet. We've been lucky that past two seasons they haven't been too bad in my part of Central Florida. But I know our luck will run out. They are the devil.

 

[disney4life2008]

Haven't seen one yet. We've been lucky that past two seasons they haven't been too bad in my part of Central Florida. But I know our luck will run out. They are the devil.

Yes lol. Im just ready for rain. It is nothing like a Florida rain storm

 

[No Name]

You know... I always find it annoying when this page is flooded with weak rumors. So FINALLY, FINALLY, we have some concrete information! And from the primary source!

Thank you for sharing the big news!

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

 

[zengoth]

As a native floridian it's always fun to watch tourists freak out about our love bugs. But it's nothing compared to the anoles at their population height. Ive seen visitors react to them like theyre roaches.

 

[halltd]

I was at DAK today and there were tiny black bugs EVERYWHERE! They weren't joined at the butt, though. Babies?

They kept landing on their backs.

 

[zengoth]

I was at DAK today and there were tiny black bugs EVERYWHERE! They weren't joined at the butt, though. Babies?

They kept landing on their backs.

Yeah theyre just not mating yet. It will be prom night soon enuf

 

[littleroo]

Yeah theyre just not mating yet. It will be prom night soon enuf

Lmao!!

 

[NelleBelle]

Years ago we made the mistake of going to WDW during the height of love bug season. My 2 DS were 2 and 4-weeks old and I was probably a little sleep deprived and definitely fed up with the bugs: I'd find them crawling in the diaper bag, on the stroller, and when I saw them crawling on the baby, I totally lost my s***. I started swatted at the stroller cover and yelling, "that's it! I've had it!!" I think people thought I'd lost my mind and was yelling at my poor kids Lesson learned...we don't go during love bug season!

 

[disney4life2008]

If you live here, palmetto bugs are everywhere.

 

[halltd]

If you live here, palmetto bugs are everywhere.

Those are cockroaches...not love bugs. Ha ha.

 

[disney4life2008]

Those are cockroaches...not love bugs. Ha ha.

Lol i know. Im saying those are everywhere

 

[Kman101]

Not sure what the time frames are for them anymore. I haven't seen any in my area, but when I was in Orlando the second to last week of March, my last day at Animal Kingdom they were swarming and I hadn't noticed them the few days before. I was a bit surprised as it was March. It was fun to watch guests think they were mosquitoes. They're harmless, but they can be a tad annoying.

 

[GCTales]

I remember attending several conferences at CSR and staying in the rooms at the back of the resort... Coming back to my room one night after drinks with prospective customers and having the door COVERED in love bugs.... Standing there and debating whether I wanted to open it and have them all get in... Or try to run to one of the pools to use the bathroom there.... I then realized that I would have to open the door eventually.....

 

[_mickey_]

I was wondering what the heck those things were - they were all over the MK yesterday. I got stuck waiting in front of the doors to the HM and they were so thick there it was like a black swarming cloud - definitely wasn't about to open my mouth!

 

[zengoth]

Apparently this is 1 of 2 swarms a year - the 2nd in late summer/early Sept. And, no, they weren't created in a lab by scientists hoping to devour the mosquito population (because, obviously, epic fail). But just yesterday, while enjoying swarm-free shade in between Norway and China, I listened patiently as a total stranger spread the myth and the lore of the Mighty Lovebug Terror.

 

[ChrisFL]

I remember a few years ago, maybe 2011, when the first weekend of the F&W fest in late September, there was TONS of lovebugs....I was starting to wonder when they had moved the dates further into October in the next couple of years if it was due to that.

In small numbers I don't mind them, but the F&W fest to be very unappetizing!