Meaning of lovebug | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An insect, the honeymoon fly (Plecia nearctica, family Biblionidae), native to Central America and the southeastern United States.
2. An insect native to subtropical regions of south-eastern China, Taiwan, and Japan (Plecia longiforceps).
3. A person who is in love; a sweetheart.
   informal

Examples

“The bugs, officially called Plecia longiforceps, earned their nickname from their distinctive mating behaviour, flying attached as couples during copulation. […] Originally from subtropical regions of south-eastern China, Taiwan and Japan’s Ryukyu islands, the lovebugs were first scientifically identified in South Korea during a major 2022 outbreak.”

“His parents flipped their lids when the two lovebugs got hitched. Jonnie couldn't stand⟳ the fact that her beautiful young son, gone so long over seas, had now tangled up with an older woman, and even worse, an older divorced woman […]”

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