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why bugs likes the color yellow

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Old November-2nd-2004 | 04:53 PM
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why bugs likes the color yellow

Out of curiousity (sorry if spelled wrong), how many sunburst yellow MP5 (or any other yellow cars), have problems with stupid little insects (thousands of them) sitting all over your car? It seems like my car is the only car that attracts insects in my neighborhood since i'm the only one with the yellow car. Why can't they hang around the blue, green or red cars. Why yellow? It's a pain in rear having to get into my car with these stupid insects flying into the car with me. It's terrible. Anyone here knows what i can do to get these insects off of my car forever? Or am I stuck with this problem for as long as I own a yellow car? LOL.
Old November-2nd-2004 | 05:29 PM
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maybe they think its a flower... or a plant...
Old November-2nd-2004 | 06:49 PM
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I get a lot of bugs on my silver car, but they're all squashed!
Old November-3rd-2004 | 09:05 AM
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you're stuck. they're all over my wife's mp3...it's horrible. i talked to a guy about it one day...he said it's because they think it's a plant...he has a yellow vw and has the same problem.
Old November-4th-2004 | 09:57 PM
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it's just so gross. There's like two of them attached to each other. I think they're mating on my car!!!
Old November-8th-2004 | 07:46 PM
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I have the same problem!! It's like their tanning themselves on the car! I'm pretty sure it's the colour that attracts them! Hey as long as they aren't dead, squashed bugs, its allll gooood!
Old November-8th-2004 | 10:15 PM
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Yep...I get butterflies and bees
Old December-6th-2004 | 12:02 AM
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Most if not all flying insects are attracted to the color yellow, in fact biologists use yellow cardbord covered with glue to trap bugs. So, basically if you covered your car with sticky stuff it would beone big moving bug trap!

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Old December-6th-2004 | 01:00 AM
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My white car seems to attract them fairly well right after I wash it... I finish with the shamoi (sp?) and BAM!! bugs are crawling (seemingly) everywhere.
Old December-6th-2004 | 07:59 AM
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i had the same problem with black. the car would be crawling with bugs after i dry it off. i left the car wash one day with about 10 bug bites on me the one time.
Old December-6th-2004 | 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Matty Mooling
i had the same problem with black. the car would be crawling with bugs after i dry it off. i left the car wash one day with about 10 bug bites on me the one time.

This could be detail spray. It smells fruity and seems to attract bugs quite well.
Old December-6th-2004 | 10:02 AM
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that mequiars stuff is somewhat fruity
Old March-13th-2005 | 12:21 PM
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I noticed that the first time i washed my yellow p5 and i get mostly bees
Old March-13th-2005 | 02:46 PM
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I washed the car yesterday when it was 80 degrees outside...and got my first wasp landing of the year!!
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spray a coat of bug off on ur car. problem solved



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