tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808924925271942230.post6318858105867995305..comments2024-03-04T03:10:13.763-05:00Comments on The Öko Box: Love Bug Mating With A ...Fly?Miss Voodoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01506905242956102111noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808924925271942230.post-41087029867033701772008-12-06T07:28:00.000-05:002008-12-06T07:28:00.000-05:00Awesome Susie!I never knew a Love Bug actually was...Awesome Susie!<BR/>I never knew a Love Bug actually was a fly!!! Kind of humorous really, because people don't seem to know that and don't treat them as flies...<BR/>what you are named makes a big difference when you are a bug!Miss Voodoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01506905242956102111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808924925271942230.post-62624167352958605752008-12-05T20:41:00.000-05:002008-12-05T20:41:00.000-05:00I asked an entomologist at UH Hilo, who contacted ...I asked an entomologist at UH Hilo, who contacted a colleague, who wrote back:<BR/><BR/>Order - DIPTERA, Suborder - NEMATOCERA, Family - Bibionidae<BR/><BR/>The common name for the family Bibionids is march flies. According to Borror, Triplehorn, & Johnson, 6th edit.1964. An Introduction to the Study of Insects, march flies are small to medium-sized, usually dark colored, with short antennae. Many have red or yellow thorax. Adults are most common in spring and early summer, and are sometimes quite abundant. Commonly called "love bugs" because pairs are often seen in copulo (latin for "connected"). Had to look it up. Anyway mucho info on the internet. Here's an example of sexual dimorphism (male & female of the same species appearing entirely different). Similar case re: the mystery bug.<BR/><BR/>http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/plantclinic/resources/pdf/pls7marchflies.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com