I've seen lots of small black bugs that resemble lovebugs except much smaller. One kept "buzzing" me at lunch today at Lighthouse. I captured the beastie and tried to get a good look at it, but it was fast and would be out of my hand before I could take a good look at the thorax area....lovebugs have a distinctive red thorax.
I don't believe lovebugs emerge as a small creature and then grow in size. Females and males mate almost immediately after emergence of the females. Adult females live only 2-3 days.
I'm not sure what jblum has seen and I'm not sure what I've seen....not sure we've seen the same creatures but ???
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