love bug
US
noun
A dark-coloured fly, Plecia nearctica (family Bibionidae), widespread across the southern U.S., which at certain times of the year forms large swarms of mating pairs.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Lincoln (Nebraska) Sunday Journal & Star.
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