Love Bugs (not the VW kind)

[Hootie]

Originally posted by USFstudent:
yeah- they sound cute but THEY'RE NOT!!! they get the name because they fly around stuck together spreading the "love" ie mating. here are some links Hootie: http://floridaenvironment.com/programs/fe00508.htm http://www.lnla.org/lovebug.html

LOL...they kinda look like what we here in Nebraska call Boxelder Bugs. If they are the same then they're what AXO ALUM described them as. Sorry I couldn't totally tell because that picture wasn't very focused.
In that case you'll be amused to know I once swallowed one of those suckers when I finished drinking water from a cup and realized part of it's body was in the bottom. YUCKIE. GROSS. EW.
LOL
Hootie