Signs of Summer

The lovebugs have arrived. I don't mean that romance is in the air. I mean that a black insect that lives solely to procreate has shown up again, as it does twice a year in Florida. Sometimes the lovebugs are so thick that it is like driving through a light fog. They smash against vehicles in great numbers, and a chemical in their bodily fluids will take the paint off of those same vehicles. They stain the clothes of anyone foolish enough to swat them. They will go away eventually, only to return at the end of summer.