We introduced two batches of 300 ladybugs a couple weeks ago, and now we have a thriving ladybug lifecycle.
The larvae do most of the eating.
Eggs are hard to spot.
Did the aphids invest in the honeysuckle? Or did the honeysuckle invest in the aphids? And what is the monetary equivalent value of an aphid or a honeysuckle? Is the investment going well? 🤔
Ooh, congratulations! I've had a few ladybugs around my yard, but I'm mostly overrun with false chitbugs instead of aphids, and they don't seem to be making a dent. Hope your buggy community keeps thriving!
Aphids are in a hurry!
A typical life cycle involves flightless females giving live birth to female nymphs—who may also be already pregnant, an adaptation scientists call telescoping generations—without the involvement of males.
It also helps to repel the farmer ants as much as possible.
We had ants farming aphids on our small cherry tree last year. I was too late with the lady bug egg order to have it produce any fruit, but they ate the hell out of the aphids and saved the tree.
Go ladybugs! 🐞
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