The story of modern South Florida is a story of fighting bugs. Conquering South Florida’s landscape meant tolerating pests of all kinds that are fed by our sunny, moist climate. Those are the same features that inspired Henry Flagler to bring his railroad south from Palm Beach and for Napoleon Bonaparte Broward's promise to drain the Everglades. South Florida has the love bug, which drivers hate. It has the kissing bug, which can carry a deadly parasite if it bites you. There are carpenter ants