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Do love bugs bite

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 6/26/2024

Love bugs are a small black fly with a red thorax (the part right behind the head). Males are tiny -- only 1/4" long (6mm), and the females are only slightly bigger, at just under 1/2" inch (12mm) long. Their name comes from the fact that they mate while airborne, and you'll rarely see a lone love bug. The larger females fly forward, dragging their tiny partner backward through the air -- probably a good part of the reason they're such wonky flyers.

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11y ago

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