Editing Lovebug (section)

==Folklore==
Urban legend holds that lovebugs are synthetic—the result of a [[University of Florida]] [[genetics]] experiment gone wrong.<ref name="leppla" />

Research by L.L. Buschman showed that migration explained the introduction of the lovebug into Florida and other southeastern states, contrary to the urban myth that the [[University of Florida]] created them by manipulating [[DNA]] to control mosquito populations.<ref name="leppla" />

Much speculation about the lovebug still thrives. This is partly because the [[larval]] form of this insect is seldom seen, as it lives and feeds in the thatch of grasses for most of the year. While various fungi are suspected of being natural controls for this species,<ref name="denmark" /> biological control of these non-pest flies is not a priority for funding.