Remember that lovebugs are harmless I’ve been getting a bunch of questions lately about dealing with lovebugs. Here’s something that I’ve discovered makes a real difference. Sometimes one of the annoying (but harmless) creatures will keep flying into your face or around your head. When that happens, swat the bug down, towards the ground. If you swat it straight away from you it will turn around and come right back. If you swat it down, most of the time it will stay down.