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Old 05-05-2012, 05:06 PM
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HELP --Lovebugs are swarming in the front entryway --not on the sidewalk, not at the lanai, not in front of the garage, but inside the recessed entryway. It is not white and there are no flowers there. Can anyone tell me what to do? Are there any plants that might repel them? A spray of some kind? Snakes?
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Try a citronella candle.


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lawn chair and a fly swatter
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lawn chair and a fly swatter
If there were a humor of the day award, that one would get my vote!
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Yes, get 100 snakes and you wont have to worry about the love bugs.
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Sorry i got tired of them being at my house so i sent them to yours for a sleep over
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I understand gators love love bugs! Oh, I forgot, they kill the gators off here!
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I am SICK of those oversexed little.....um.....b......bugs.

They get swept off the front and back of our house twice a day. It is the little smiles on their faces that aggravate me. 24 hours only to live and they fly around for the whole time, um, ....getting busy, and then they die.

They could rent a room.
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I am SICK of those oversexed little.....um.....b......bugs.

They get swept off the front and back of our house twice a day. It is the little smiles on their faces that aggravate me. 24 hours only to live and they fly around for the whole time, um, ....getting busy, and then they die.

They could rent a room.
They have no shame!
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"Fly United".....

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I am SICK of those oversexed little.....um.....b......bugs.

They get swept off the front and back of our house twice a day. It is the little smiles on their faces that aggravate me. 24 hours only to live and they fly around for the whole time, um, ....getting busy, and then they die.

They could rent a room.
Sky guy, here's a better funny!
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Helen mentioned that the recessed area was not white. Are the love bugs attracted to white?
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Yes love bugs LOVE white.
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I empathize with the writer. Reminds me of when I totally freaked over the blind Mosquitos when I arrived at my new home in TV from Seattle at the peak of the blind mosquito season. I locked myself in a bedroom and prayed they would not invade the house when I slept. I am still in post Lind mosquito therapy... I Call it extended Happy Hour!,,,

QUOTE=Bill-n-Brillo;488841]"Fly United".....

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"Fly United".....

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