Love Bugs
 

Spotted my first Love Bug of the season yesterday. Get ready, it's daily car wash season.:swear:

I saw my first pair about 2-3 weeks ago and none since. Maybe we'll be lucky and it will be another mild season of the things. And, yes, I STILL hate them!

Remember, May and September, Love Bug season. I'm told by a good friend but haven't tried it, that hydrogen peroxide takes them right off without damaging the paint.

Just curious. We are planning on moving down there in the very near future and I was wondering if we should keep our power washer. We use it for cleaning the house siding and sometimes for the vehicles. Might come in handy for love bugs?
So many decisions on what to bring with us and what to get rid of.

Oh, we use WD 40 on the front of our vehicles. It takes the bugs off and leaves a nice coat so bugs don't really sink into the paint.

I'm closing Monday and am bringing my pressure washer. Its great for cleaning driveways, walks, siding and Love Bugs.

Powerwashing is pretty much an annual event for all houses here. So, bring it down. It might even come in handy if you happen to drive into a few love bugs. They are gross little things, aren't they?

I don't think a power washer is needed. You just have to get them off you car ASAP

I think Shimpy made sense. Driveways, walks. It is something hubby likes to do.

Are those other bugs gone yet? The ones peep posted about earlier this Spring that were sometimes mistaken for love bugs?

Okay, I'm new here and don't know what the "love bugs" are so help me with a little more description. Today I thought I saw some pollen falling from some blooming trees, but it turns out they were tiny white almost invisible little bugs that once in a while take a teeny bite of my skin. Are those the love bugs?

Don't think so - love bugs are generally two black bugs each about a quarter inch long and in the act of reproducing.

Was told to spray Pam on the front of car to combat the love bugs.

Your white bugs sound like "no see ums" baby mosquitoes

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Haven't seen any more of them. They didn't look anything like love bugs. My exterminator said they were gnats. All the ones I saw were already dead.

Love But removal
 

We've been dealing with Love Bugs for over 20 years now and there is one, best, way to remove them.

Keep a package of 'dryer sheets' in the car. Yes, those little sheets of thin paper you put in the clothes dryer to soften clothes.

Wet your car down and wet the sheet. They'll remove the bug and residue with no effort. They work on metal, chrome, glass and plastic equally well without harming the finish.

Now if you use them on the windshield it's going to be like you used 'rainex'. In a way it's good but in a way not so good. Try it on a small section and see what you think before doing the whole windshield.

That is why I am not bringing my Harley down to keep at TV till July. The little devils will be long gone by then!

Army Guy