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We Get the Lowdown on Love Bugs

RACHEL IACOVONE / WGCU

If you spent any time outside at all last week you very likely ran into a love bug or two. And, if you spent any time driving during the morning or evening hours, especially inland, the front of your car probably ran into more than a few. While the abundant season seems to have diminished over the past day or two, at least here in south Lee County, we thought we’d bring in an entomologist to find out more about these strange, frisky, intermittent flying pests. I’m joined in studio by Dr. Joyce Fassbender, she’s an instructor on the Department of Biological Sciences here at Florida Gulf Coast University.

We also pay a visit to a local car wash to find out how they deal with love bugs during mating season.

Copyright 2019 WGCU

Julie Glenn is the host of Gulf Coast Live. She has been working in southwest Florida as a freelance writer since 2007, most recently as a regular columnist for the Naples Daily News. She began her broadcasting career in 1993 as a reporter/anchor/producer for a local CBS affiliate in Quincy, Illinois. After also working for the NBC affiliate, she decided to move to Parma, Italy where she earned her Master’s degree in communication from the University of Gastronomic Sciences. Her undergraduate degree in Mass Communication is from the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
Mike Kiniry is producer of Gulf Coast Live, and co-creator and host of the WGCU podcast Three Song Stories: Biography Through Music. He first joined the WGCU team in the summer of 2003 as an intern while studying Communication at Florida Gulf Coast University.