where do love bugs go after love bug season
Lovebug Once adults, lovebugs are ready to start copulating to begin reproducing. Adult male lovebugs emerge first from the pupal stage, and hover around until female lovebugs emerge.[12] Mating between lovebugs takes place immediately after emergence of the adult females.[13] A male lovebug copulates and will remain paired up until the female has been fully fertilized. Copulation takes place for 2â€“3 days before the female detaches, lays her eggs, and dies. Adult females have been recorded to live up to seven days, while adult males may live up to two to five days, but on average lovebugs live three to four days.[14] However, Thornhill (1976c) recorded recapture data that showed males lived longer in the field than females.[2]