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1500 Live LadyBugs - GOOD BUGS!
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1500 Live LadyBugs - GOOD BUGS!
- Ladybugs eat aphids, mealy bugs, scale, leaf hoppers, and other destructive pests.
- They keep on eating until the bad guys are gone, laying their own eggs in the process.
- You will love them because ladybugs really work, plus they will be doing something favorable for the environment.
- You will receive 1500 Lady Bugs!
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favorite "good bug" ladybugs have been popular beneficial insects for the past 20 years. When released at sundown (because they don't fly at night), ladybugs eat aphids, mealy bugs, scale, leaf hoppers, and other destructive pests. And they keep on eating until the bad guys are gone, laying their own eggs in the process. When new pests arrive, fresh ladybugs will be waiting. You will love them because ladybugs really work, plus they will be doing something favorable for the environment. LADYBUGS (Hippodamia convergens) USE: Ladybugs prefer to eat aphids and will devour up to 50 a day, but they will also attack scale, mealy bugs, boil worm, leaf hopper, and corn ear worm. They dine only on insects and do not harm vegetation in any way. RELEASE: Ladybugs should always be released after sundown since they only fly in the daytime. During the night, they will search the area for food and stay as long as there is food for them to eat. The more they eat, the more eggs they lay and the more insect-eating larvae you will have. It is best if the area has been recently watered. Ladybugs tend to crawl up and toward light. So release them in small groups at the base of plants and shrubs that have aphids or other insects, and in the lower parts of trees. RECOMMENDATIONS: Ladybugs may be kept in a refrigerator after they are received (35 to 40 degrees F.) and released as needed. Ladybugs received March through May should not be stored more than 2 or 3 days since their body fat has been depleted. From June on, they may be stored 2 or 3 months. It is normal for there to be several dead Ladybugs in the container, especially those received from March through May. These bugs have reached the end of their life cycle. We have included many extra bugs to compensate for this.
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1500 Live LadyBugs - GOOD BUGS!
- Publisher: Hirt's Gardens
- Label: Hirt's Gardens
- Studio: Hirt's Gardens
- Average Customer Review: based on 10 reviews
- Sales Rank in Garden: #1815
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Summary: Great bugs, not so great container (depending on what you're getting them for) 2008-05-15
Comment: I purchased these ladybugs for my daughter's 4th birthday party which had a ladybug theme. At the end of the party we let all the ladybugs go and I gave each child 3 ladybugs in a container to take home to release in their own garden. It was a big hit! I ordered the ladybugs a little too early but I followed the instructions that came in the box and rinsed the bag w/ cold tap water and put them in the fridge. 10 days later, I took them out and as soon as they warmed up they were active again (except for a handful - but we had 1500 ladybugs - not a bad attrition rate!). Amazing! My only disappointment was the container they came in. The picture shows a clear butter-dish type container, which I was going to decorate a little and use as a centerpeice. But, instead, they came in a perforated bag. So, I had to purchase a bug house to transfer them into the day of the party. Not a big deal, just a little disappointed. But, if you're just getting them for the purpose of aphid control in your garden, who cares, right?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: I think they flew home..... 2008-05-13
Comment: The lady bugs arrived quickly. It looked more like 100 then 1500 in the small container. My husband wanted to know how they counted them. Most seemed to be alive and active. We waited until the sun went down and distributed them on all my fruit trees and garden plants. By morning we could not find one, that's right, not even ONE on our plants or land anywhere. I was so dissappointed. I wanted to see if they would work their magic so I would not have to use pesticides. Now I'll never know... Too bad......Great idea, I wonder how you make them STAY.
18 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Natural bug eaters 2008-05-04
Comment: Aphids eating your tomato leaves? Got you some scale? Or mealy bugs? How about leaf hoppers? If you have a garden and you slaved and toiled over making that dirt just right, and lovingly dug holes and planted all those little baby plants, you want them safe. Right?
What better way to keep a garden clean of nasty little varmints than nature's own bug eaters: Lady Bugs!! Order by the 1500's and you have plenty for the duration of your garden. Pluck out some from the container just before sundown and place at the bottom of the plants. Because ladybugs don't fly at night, they will crawl upward and stay as long as there is food. They feed on aphids, leaf hoppers, mealy bugs, and scale. As they feed, they lay eggs which will hatch and continue feeding on the bad bugs.
Because lady bugs are a natural killer of bad bugs, you will not want to use insecticide on your garden while you nurture them. A container of 1500 costs just $12.99. It is cheaper than pesticide and all-natural!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: live ladybugs 2008-04-29
Comment: We ordered the 1500 live ladybugs for my daughter's prekindergarten class. I told all the teachers we would have plenty to share with all 3 classes. Unfortunately out of 1500 ladybugs only about half of them were alive upon arrival. We were very disappointed. We were told some of them would be dead, but extra would be included to make up for the dead ladybugs, so we were expecting around 1500 "live" ladybugs. We didn't have enough to share with all 3 classes. and the kids had questions about the dead bugs.
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Summary: Great for aphids 2008-04-24
Comment: Use these bugs to keep aphids off your roses. Better than spraying. They don't make good pets, however ...
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