lovebug

noun

love·bug ˈləv-ˌbəg

: a small black fly (Plecia nearctica) with a red thorax that swarms along highways in the Gulf states of the U.S.

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Despite his rocky road to a new life, Maurice is nothing but a big lovebug! —

The Republic, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2022 Every year like clockwork, Valentine's Day rolls around and holiday jewel tones are swiftly replaced by every shade of red and pink imaginable. Storefronts — both of the brick-and-mortar and online varieties — catch the lovebug, and boom! —

Karina Hoshikawa, refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2020 Fun facts: Female lovebugs are bigger than their male suitors. —

USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2017 Butterflies fluttered in the shade of sunlight dappled by the Spanish moss dangling from oak trees and lovebugs rested on tangerine and lemon trees scattered throughout the property on a recent morning. —

Jason Ruiter, OrlandoSentinel.com, 29 May 2017