September is the time of year in Florida when an 85-degree wind counts as a cool breeze, when the new school year is well under way and when a certain pest makes its appearance on car windshields and front-end grills.
But something has been missing this year.
Lovebugs have been a slow-show, if not a complete no-show, for their annual September dating and mating ritual in Brevard County.
“My gosh, you’re right,” said Paul Donnelly, who has lived in Brevard since 1958 and was getting his car washed Friday afternoon. “They should be here. “
Donnelly retired as Kennedy Space Center director of operations in 1978. He said each September when he drove his children to Gainesville for classes at the University of Florida, lovebugs were always smeared across his car’s grill as the insects emerged for their twice-annual adult stage. And in May, when he picked up his children, it was the same story.
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