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LIyellowSS · 04-10-2013, 02:45 PM

So I bought my yellow camaro in Oct 2012, really liking the color, drove it for a few months then put the cover on her until mid March. I finally get to take her out and I drive her as much as i can, as this winter lasted forever in NY!
On a daily basis when i take her out I don't put the cover on during the day as i work nights. Now as spring has finally arrived and nature proceeds to take its course with plants and bugs sprouting I have noticed an extraordinary amount of bugs on my car. I have to actually swipe at them to get them off and wait to open the door or they'll fly into the car. It's like a swarm of gnats, winged ant type bugs, and some yellow jacks flying and sitting on the car.
It has to be the color. I have a silver Odyssey now parked right next to the camaro and there's maybe 2 or 3 lost bugs on it probably only because they can't find the camaro or they have bad internal navigation. I've had a green car, gray, maroon, beige, brown, never happened with any of those colors.
Yesterday I took a spin and when i got to the store a few miles away some of those bugs just wouldn't go away, they hung on like an ex-girlfriend.
I've heard people say certain colors attract bugs but I never believed it, well now I do. Certain colors definitely attract bugs!
I guess the cover must go on every morning.

yellowrs · 04-10-2013, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by LIyellowSS

So I bought my yellow camaro in Oct 2012, really liking the color, drove it for a few months then put the cover on her until mid March. I finally get to take her out and I drive her as much as i can, as this winter lasted forever in NY!
On a daily basis when i take her out I don't put the cover on during the day as i work nights. Now as spring has finally arrived and nature proceeds to take its course with plants and bugs sprouting I have noticed an extraordinary amount of bugs on my car. I have to actually swipe at them to get them off and wait to open the door or they'll fly into the car. It's like a swarm of gnats, winged ant type bugs, and some yellow jacks flying and sitting on the car.
It has to be the color. I have a silver Odyssey now parked right next to the camaro and there's maybe 2 or 3 lost bugs on it probably only because they can't find the camaro or they have bad internal navigation. I've had a green car, gray, maroon, beige, brown, never happened with any of those colors.
Yesterday I took a spin and when i got to the store a few miles away some of those bugs just wouldn't go away, they hung on like an ex-girlfriend.
I've heard people say certain colors attract bugs but I never believed it, well now I do. Certain colors definitely attract bugs!
I guess the cover must go on every morning.

I noticed the same with my car.
Now it all makes sense.

menendez1293 · 04-10-2013, 03:08 PM

I have a feeling that insects like Rally Yellow. They are always near my Car

sanjosebmx · 04-10-2013, 03:09 PM

Funny, I have an SGM and I swear it attracts aphids..

AlexM · 04-10-2013, 03:25 PM

Bugs LOVE yellow.... I am in the same boat :(

mat300z · 04-10-2013, 03:40 PM

Bugs are so attracted to my car that they get stuck to it even when I'm washing it!

lockondeez · 04-10-2013, 04:42 PM

wow thats funny my car is black and in the evening as the sun start to set i always have some funny looking critters on my car

Scalded Dog · 04-10-2013, 04:50 PM

I, too, used to think it was just urban legend that bugs are attracted to yellow cars. However, out of the 50 or so cars I have owned, only two have been yellow... those two, and ONLY those two, regularly have bugs hanging out on them. Maybe the bugs are just rying to look cool, but they don't look so cool after I banish them, often in a little misty spray of bug guts. Generally bees, a few wasps... and a smaller assortment of 'skeeters, flies, moths, whatever.

blahzay · 04-10-2013, 04:57 PM

I have a yellow Super Charged Monte Carlo and I told myself never again would I ever buy another yellow car. I ALWAYS had some type of bee or insect on my car. Drive thru's were the worst. I'd be ordering food and out of no where I have a couple of bee's flying around and I have to roll up the windows while ordering before they fly in my car :-/ I dont know if the wanted to mate with my car or wanted me to order them a burger. It just get frustrating. Never again.

lurchsSS · 04-10-2013, 05:04 PM

For us in the states where Lovebugs are at, keep the dead ones washed off of the paint on your vehicle regularly! Their dead bodies are acidic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovebug

patternpilot · 04-10-2013, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by sanjosebmx

Funny, I have an SGM and I swear it attracts aphids..

From your avatar it looks like it attracts chickens.

Mine has bugs on it all the time here in Washington. They just seem to love the yellow.

sanjosebmx · 04-10-2013, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by patternpilot

From your avatar it looks like it attracts chickens.

Mine has bugs on it all the time here in Washington. They just seem to love the yellow.

Camaro's attract all kinds!

LOL

Scalded Dog · 04-10-2013, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by lurchsSS

For us in the states where Lovebugs are at, keep the dead ones washed off of the paint on your vehicle regularly! Their dead bodies are acidic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovebug

I do NOT miss the lovebug swarms of Houston! Holy freakin' smokes! I still haven't decided if I miss the odd glowing goo of fireflies in Kansas, though... (For those of you do not know: Indeed, firefly goo continues to glow for a few minutes after becoming a smudge across your windshield...)!

daveagogo1 · 04-10-2013, 06:04 PM

Some bugs such as bees are attracted to yellow as the center of many flowers are yellow.

You can test what bugs like. Grab like 4 lamps and put in different color bulbs and see the amount of bugs that swarm to certain colors more often.

04-10-2013, 02:45 PM	#1
LIyellowSS Drives: 2012 SS, had 1995 Z28 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: New York Posts: 59 View My Garage	Bugs everywhere So I bought my yellow camaro in Oct 2012, really liking the color, drove it for a few months then put the cover on her until mid March. I finally get to take her out and I drive her as much as i can, as this winter lasted forever in NY! On a daily basis when i take her out I don't put the cover on during the day as i work nights. Now as spring has finally arrived and nature proceeds to take its course with plants and bugs sprouting I have noticed an extraordinary amount of bugs on my car. I have to actually swipe at them to get them off and wait to open the door or they'll fly into the car. It's like a swarm of gnats, winged ant type bugs, and some yellow jacks flying and sitting on the car. It has to be the color. I have a silver Odyssey now parked right next to the camaro and there's maybe 2 or 3 lost bugs on it probably only because they can't find the camaro or they have bad internal navigation. I've had a green car, gray, maroon, beige, brown, never happened with any of those colors. Yesterday I took a spin and when i got to the store a few miles away some of those bugs just wouldn't go away, they hung on like an ex-girlfriend. I've heard people say certain colors attract bugs but I never believed it, well now I do. Certain colors definitely attract bugs! I guess the cover must go on every morning. __________________

04-10-2013, 05:04 PM	#10
lurchsSS Drives: '12 IBM 2SS/RS/SS Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Lakeland, Florida Posts: 53	For us in the states where Lovebugs are at, keep the dead ones washed off of the paint on your vehicle regularly! Their dead bodies are acidic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovebug __________________ '12 Camaro SS auto, L99, IBM, 2SS/RS/SS '04 Avalanche Z71 '80 Malibu FOR SALE

04-10-2013, 03:08 PM	#3
menendez1293 Emerald Coast Camaros Drives: 2010 Camaro 2LT/RS M6 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tallahassee FL Posts: 9,686 View My Garage	I have a feeling that insects like Rally Yellow. They are always near my Car

04-10-2013, 03:09 PM	#4
sanjosebmx Drives: 2011 2SS Synergy Green Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Ripon, CA Posts: 383	Funny, I have an SGM and I swear it attracts aphids..

04-10-2013, 03:25 PM	#5
AlexM Drives: Used to be 2012 Camaro 2SS/RS L99 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Northern VA Posts: 636	Bugs LOVE yellow.... I am in the same boat :(

04-10-2013, 03:40 PM	#6
mat300z Emerald Coast Camaro's Drives: 2014 ZL1 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: P.C.B. Florida Posts: 815	Bugs are so attracted to my car that they get stuck to it even when I'm washing it!

04-10-2013, 04:42 PM	#7
lockondeez Drives: 2012 Camaro 1LS Join Date: May 2012 Location: Round Rock, TX Posts: 14	wow thats funny my car is black and in the evening as the sun start to set i always have some funny looking critters on my car

04-10-2013, 04:50 PM	#8
Scalded Dog Drives: 2011 1LT Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Crestline, CA Posts: 3,029	I, too, used to think it was just urban legend that bugs are attracted to yellow cars. However, out of the 50 or so cars I have owned, only two have been yellow... those two, and ONLY those two, regularly have bugs hanging out on them. Maybe the bugs are just rying to look cool, but they don't look so cool after I banish them, often in a little misty spray of bug guts. Generally bees, a few wasps... and a smaller assortment of 'skeeters, flies, moths, whatever.

04-10-2013, 04:57 PM	#9
blahzay Drives: Camaro SS Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: California Posts: 231	I have a yellow Super Charged Monte Carlo and I told myself never again would I ever buy another yellow car. I ALWAYS had some type of bee or insect on my car. Drive thru's were the worst. I'd be ordering food and out of no where I have a couple of bee's flying around and I have to roll up the windows while ordering before they fly in my car :-/ I dont know if the wanted to mate with my car or wanted me to order them a burger. It just get frustrating. Never again.