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Love Bug

Plecia neararctica

Photo by tomk3886
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Found on palmetto flowers.

Notes:

A mating pair. Most that you see are mating. Weak flyers that mate on the wing. Riding the warm air over roads, often in large numbers, cars become covered with them.

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