Where did you get only like 20? Everywhere I look to buy them I have to buy like 2500 at a time. Or am I misunderstanding?
Comment on rise my minions, RISE
fatcat@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
Ladybugs rescued my plants this summer! I actually ordered 20 of them to get rid of aphids (and the ants which came with them). They took a week, then everything alive was eaten. They actually took up a fight with the ants. There were some casualties, but apparently the ladybugs won.
Felt a bit silly to order bugs in the mail, but collecting them took ages and one looks ridiculous hunting for ladybugs in the park.
RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
fatcat@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
No i really got 20 (19, one was dead on arrival). :) My local hardware store ships them like this.
bulwark@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I also got a bag of ladybugs this summer to control aphids on my cherry tree, but they didn’t stick around. Idk if I applied them too late or the birds got them but we didn’t get any cherries because of the aphids. I’m going to try again next year with more bags of them and earlier in the season.