Lady bugs to the rescue

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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 plants. They’ve now brought in several punnets full of lady bugs. As children, we always called them ladybirds. There was a rhyme about them that you recited to a ladybird if it landed on your hand. It went ‘Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home, your house is on fire and your children have gone.’ Four different species of lady bugs will be released and they’re expected to be a great help in ridding the gardens of aphids. So much better than using poisonous sprays. The photo is from Wikimedia Commons courtesy Paulhaberstroh.