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Lovebug
Plecia nearctica
-21.6034, -46.8792
Field Notes
Description:
Lovebugs are subject to some significant natural controls, such as various parasitic fungi, and dry weather—which dries out the thatch resulting in a higher mortality rate for the immatures.
Habitat:
Temperate, tropical. taiga, Savanna or grassland, chaparral, forest.
They are especially partial to freshly cut lawns, animal pastures, and decaying vegetation.
I found these specimens in a pasture in a mountainous region.
Notes:
Mating on my finger!
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedDecember 19, 2012
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