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we breed them down here to run the transplants back up North, the Love bugs are harmless, but give a great visual, it looks like an Hitchcock movie. They will attack your car, causing paint damage and overheating. You cant ride your bike or motorcycle with your mouth open, well unless youre hungry for bugs.They will try to fly in your ears and nose as well. The Mosquitoes are the ones that actually inflict physical harm, being attacked by thousands of winged vampires, their bites will suck you dry of blood and cause your body to whelp up. The gnats and noseums are the invisable attackers, they will make you look like a raving lunatic, swatting at invisible objects that no one else can see. Its amazing something so small can hurt that bad. Locals will point out your flaying and wonder, "whats that crazy yankee doing". The aggravation will usually increase your blood pressure to heart attack levels. Depending on what part of the South you are in, we have various species of ants that will bite and inject poison that will bring you to your knees in pain. They usually crawl up your leg and launch a coordinated attack where they all start biting at once, Black Widow spiders, brown recluse, yea, we got them too. Big harry wolf spiders that are harmless, but will make any women scream like they are being killed. Ticks, got them too, they like to attach right on the back side of your privates, you wont realize its there till you wake up in the middle of the night scratching your self. Improper removal usually cause infection. Hornets, wasp, bee's and ******* yellow jackets are the top predator in the bug world, even after they die, their stingers can inflict pain. Its going to take another thread to cover the snakes,gators, and other critters.

I had to comeback and edit, I cant believe I forgot the fisherman worst freind, the green horse fly. Combining the stealth of the tick, the annoyance of the noseums, and the pain of the yellow jacket, they usually attack right about the time a fish starts to nibble on your bait, distracting you just long enough for the fish to get away.


So, Charlie, when are you moving down?