I find Love Bugs very interesting. I've always wondered why this bugs are almost inseparable. Growing up in Florida there has been many of these intriguing bugs around and my grandma use to say if the bugs landed on you that meant you were in love. After researching love bugs which belong to a family of march flies, I learned the scientific name of lovebugs is plecia nearctica.Urban legend holds that lovebugs are synthetic the result of a University of Florida genics experiment gone wrong.Lovebugs are most common in parts of central America and the southeastern United States.Adult lovebugs are usually coupled for days during and after mating even in flight for up to several days.Adults females live only 3 or 4 days but males may live longer.Lovebugs are common foods for birds such as quail and robins.
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Subclass: | Pterygota |
| Infraclass: | Neoptera |
| Superorder: | Endopterygota |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Nematocera |
| Infraorder: | Bibionomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Bibionoidea |
| Family: | Bibionidae |
| Genus: | Plecia |
| Species: | P. nearctica |
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