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Lady bugs to the rescue

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381760) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Dec

Another nice little story that I read today was about ladybugs being released in the gardens around Parliament House in Canberra, Australia’s national capital. The gardeners there are having trouble with aphids on the garden...

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A bucket of weeds...

Stacey @xstitcher (39003) • Petaluma, California 14 Apr 20

...and a ton of ladybugs. Well, several ladybugs. I have a feeling there were lots more out there than the ones I saw and took photos of. There were lots of aphids out there too (I caught a few of...

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Missing My Ladybugs

Barbara Radisavlejvic @bagarad (14283) • Paso Robles, California 11 May 16

This morning I could only find two ladybugs left in my garden, each on a different plant. One was on a wormwood plant that had been heavily invested. The other I found hiding in this clary sage plant. She wasn't easy to...

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Guess Who Came to Dine with my Ladybugs?

Barbara Radisavlejvic @bagarad (14283) • Paso Robles, California 28 Apr 16

Today when I did my ladybug count, I was delighted to see they had a dinner guest on the calendula plant. I'm sorry it's a bit out of focus, but that's a lacewing next to that top ladybug. Lacewings can eat as many or more aphids...

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Ladybug Patrol to the Rescue

Barbara Radisavlejvic @bagarad (14283) • Paso Robles, California 26 Apr 16

For the first time ever since living in Paso Robles, I had a really bad aphid attack on my calendula plants. I prayed for ladybugs to come and bring their friends. They came. I wish I could post more than one photo of them and...

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Pretty Little Predators

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 20 Apr 16

My wife, Anne, noticed that there were a lot of aphids on her roses and some other plants in the yard. On a trip to local plant store, she saw and purchased a bag of about 1500 Ladybugs (Ladybird beetles). She refrigerated them...

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Don't let Aphids bug you

AbbyGreenhill @AbbyGreenhill (45490) • United States 28 Jan 16

We have lived in the south for 15 years and have had veggie gardens at each home we've lived in. Our current is a downsized one! It is a raised bed, 8 x 16 and it has mushroom mulch instead of soil. It grows amazing veggies but...

no chemical gardening

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How do you keep plant pests at bay?

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 24 Nov 15

After reading a post about houseplants by DaddyEvil http://www.mylot.com/post/2864390/houseplants-anyone I wondered how all you plant-lovers deal with pests. I seem to be waging a never-ending war of attrition against pests on...

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Ant Farming...

dodoguy @dodoguy (1292) • Australia 23 May 08

Hello Fellow Insectologists, Have any of you had the joy of managing an ant-farm? That's a specialized insectarium for raising a captive colony of ants, hopefully with a queen or two to keep the colony viable. They used...

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Ants, Aphids , Mealy Bugs & Scale Insects

dodoguy @dodoguy (1292) • Australia 10 Dec 06

I have a real problem with ants. Not that the ants themselves bother me in particular, but the ants absolutely infest everything with aphids, scale insects and mealy bugs. They keep bringing more of these insects to any plant...

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Ants problem!!!!

sreedhar @sreedhar (576) • India 5 Dec 06

Can anyone suggest me what to do to eliminate ants from my garden. they seem to grow aphids and some other insects which spoil the plant. I tried to remove them manually but they again seem to come back. It would prefer a organic...

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