I need gardening help. Does anyone know if ladybugs are good for your garden?

United States
June 17, 2008 12:25am CST
I was recently hoeing my garden and found several ladybugs and wondered if they are harmful or helpful to plants. Does anyone know?
1 response
• Canada
17 Jun 08
You should be quite pleased at this! Ladybugs are one of the best bugs to have around, as one of the foods they consume is aphids, which are harmful to your plants. Some people will go out and buy ladybugs to release in their garden for this purpose. They do not do anything like eating the plants normally, so they are all good.
• United States
17 Jun 08
Wonderful, so glad to hear! I personally love ladybugs but just wasn't sure of their purpose in the garden. Thanks for the info, you've been very helpful!