These Lovebugs Have Attachment Issues | Deep Look

You know those couples that do everything together? Lovebugs, also known as honeymoon flies, can spend anywhere from a half-hour to a couple of days attached to each other. As the female drags or carries the male from flower to flower, piggyback style, they pollinate cherries, apples and pears. 👉 Donate to KQED, the public media station that makes Deep Look: https://donate.kqed.org/deeplook SIGN UP for Deep Look’s newsletter, Nature Unseen: https://bit.ly/NatureUnseenSignUp SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/kqeddeeplook?sub_confirmation=1 DEEP LOOK is an ultra-HD (4K) short video series created by KQED in San Francisco and presented by PBS Digital Studios. See the unseen at the very edge of our visible world. Explore big scientific mysteries by going incredibly small. ---+ Find a transcript on KQED Science: https://www.kqed.org/science/1998184/these-lovebugs-have-attachment-issues ---+ More great Deep Look episodes: 4 Tiny Romances That Are Almost Too Freaky to Share https://youtu.be/4qKbI2NR_XE?si=UdiKnLtcAEpWMdC4 The 4 Most Ruthless Ants We’ve Ever Filmed https://youtu.be/RBqt5egv6go?si=AeI1Ixp0aD5hAYdR Varroa Mites Are a Honeybee’s 8-Legged Nightmare https://youtu.be/69Do8tw_xy0?feature=shared ---+ Shoutout! @dropintospace8018 @frankeneh-lf6fb @jeanjacketjack @royalfelineandtracygrant @TheDarkEclipxe ---+ Thank you to our top Patreon supporters ($10+ per month)! Lily, Vinny, Izzy Altschuler H.M. Andrew Edgar Betancourt Levi Cai Jack Conklin Elena De La Paz David Deshpande Elizabeth Ann Ditz Stephanie Dole Jessica Duplechin Jamie Edwards Chris B Emrick Rachel Fenichel Kristy Folsom Susan Fuhs Daisuke Goto Elia Gourguechon-Buot Noreen Herrington Jessica Hiraoka Burt Humburg Jellyman Titania Juang Julia Ma Eric Marsh Carrie Mukaida Louis O'Neill Hank Poppe Laurel Przybylski Cristen Rasmussen Craig Rosa Karen Reynolds Mehdi Salarkia El Samuels Ray Schoettker Jeff Schumacher Darby Sullivan Wade Tregaskis Walter Tschinkel Oliver Wakeling Kristine Wee Christopher Williams Roberta K Wright Brigitte Xia ---+ Follow Deep Look and KQED Science on social: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@deeplookofficial Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/deeplook Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kqedscience/ Twitter/X: https://www.twitter.com/kqedscience ---+ About KQED KQED, an NPR and PBS member station in San Francisco, serves Northern California and beyond with a public-supported alternative to commercial TV, radio and web media. Funding for Deep Look is provided in part by PBS Digital Studios and the members of KQED. #lovebugs #deeplook


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