Love in the air: Everything you need to know about lovebugs




Florida’s Fourth Estate show

Summary: If you have lived in Florida long enough, you have likely seen them flying around or stuck to your car. Lovebugs often fly in tandem and can make for some uncomfortable conversations. “It caused me to have a very awkward conversation with my daughter, who when she was very tiny, she caught the little lovebug and she goes, ‘Dad, why does this bug have two heads?’ And I stumbled around and bumbled and said, ‘We’ll talk about it when you’re older,’” Florida’s Fourth Estate co-host, Matt Austin said. Austin and Ginger Gadsden are getting to the bottom of what lovebugs are doing, where they came from and how to clean them off of your car. The duo spoke with Dr. Norman C. Leppla with the University of Florida on Florida’s Fourth Estate. He has dedicated his life to studying insects and he knows a lot about lovebugs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices