Lovebugs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[charlie_the_tuna]

so a buddy of mine lives in the cape coral area and he knows I have a slight bug issue. well, he sent me a video yesterday. he was on his boat with a couple of buddys and they were fishing. why is that so unusual, you ask?? LOVEBUGS!!!!!!!!!! I've never seen anything like this! this was difficult for me to watch for a couple of reasons. number one, they were so thick, they actually blocked the camera for parts of the video. number two, i'm totally grosses out by bugs!! I don't know what it is. whenever there's a bug in the house, I make my wife take care of it. I couldn't imagine going through what these guys went through during this absolute swarm of bugs!! I don't know how I would have handled it!! now, they tell me that this is a west coast thing and they don't appear like this in southeast. if this is true, I think my mind has been made up! there's no way I could withstand this invasion of bugs! how long do they hang around? is this really a west coast thing? is there nothing you can do except to sit and let thousands of bugs land on you while trying to enjoy the great outdoors?