Ladybugs are my favorite bugs. I have an orange car and her name is Ladybug. I'm not sure how I would feel about THAT many bugs!
I've always like lady bugs as well...although I doubt I would have taken such a liking to them had they been called gentleman bugs.
oh jeezus, I hate lovebugs with a passion. We had a HUGE problem with them at my university. You would walk across the university to your dorm, lay down and then feel something crawling down your back and reach in and pull out lovebugs.
That's the ONLY type of bug I don't mind seeing around...but only a few! No wonder I hardly ever, ever see any, they're all there!
Lots in FL, too (during season)... they're attracted to white. White clothes, white cars, pale people... they don't bite or sting, they just get EVERYWHERE and their icky little legs crawl and crawl and... shudder. I hate them. My brother had a white car in college. We were heading out to lunch and couldn't find his car... it was like that tree trunk. Completely covered in lovebugs - it literally looked like a black car.
Kind of cool-ladybugs are good bugs so I'm glad the neighborhood is treating them kindly! The ladybug tree reminded me of monarch migration - they cover the trees to rest during their yearly migration south: http://bumperscollege.uark.edu/Monarchs-tree29.jpg
I teach monarch migration every year with my class. I've been a part of Journey North for about 10 years...http://www.learner.org/jnorth/monarch/ Great integration of math, geography, science....
