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LadyBug 500 (live)

$24.99

Ladybugs are an excellent beneficial insect. Native ladybugs do not bite nor do they go into your home. The only eat aphids and other soft bodied pest insects and insect eggs. Adults are orange and black beetles that feed on aphids, mites, scales, thrips, whiteflies and beneficial insect food. Adult ladies feed primary at night and lay eggs. Eggs are white or yellow ovals and are laid in clusters on the undersides of your leaves. It is the larvae, having no wings that remain on your plants keeping control of pests. Larvae are black and orange alligator shaped. Both the adult and larvae stage are great general pest controllers. Look not for the ladies but to see your pest problems disappear.

Upon receipt place your Ladies in the fridge and release only in the evening. Be sure to water the area before releasing your ladybugs. Placing a small dish of water in your garden will help keep not only ladybugs but native insects close to your plants especially in the heat of the summer.

RELEASE RATE:

  • 500 Ladybugs covers 50m2. (500ft2)
  • SPECIAL NOTES: SPECIAL NOTES: It is not the adult Ladybug that keeps control of aphids. The adult after release will feed on aphids (Adults mainly feed at night) and will lay eggs amongst the aphid colonies. The young larva will hatch and start feeding on aphids. The larva has no wings so are on the plant for two to three weeks keeping you aphids under control. Do not look for the adult Ladies but look to see your pest problem disappear.
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ancm_Ommc0A&feature=emb_title

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Description

Ladybugs are an excellent beneficial insect. Native ladybugs do not bite nor do they go into your home. The only eat aphids and other soft bodied pest insects and insect eggs. Adults are orange and black beetles that feed on aphids, mites, scales, thrips, whiteflies and beneficial insect food. Adult ladies feed primary at night and lay eggs. Eggs are white or yellow ovals and are laid in clusters on the undersides of your leaves. It is the larvae, having no wings that remain on your plants keeping control of pests. Larvae are black and orange alligator shaped. Both the adult and larvae stage are great general pest controllers. Look not for the ladies but to see your pest problems disappear.

Upon receipt place your Ladies in the fridge and release only in the evening. Be sure to water the area before releasing your ladybugs. Placing a small dish of water in your garden will help keep not only ladybugs but native insects close to your plants especially in the heat of the summer.

RELEASE RATE:

  • 500 Ladybugs covers 50m2. (500ft2)
  • SPECIAL NOTES: SPECIAL NOTES: It is not the adult Ladybug that keeps control of aphids. The adult after release will feed on aphids (Adults mainly feed at night) and will lay eggs amongst the aphid colonies. The young larva will hatch and start feeding on aphids. The larva has no wings so are on the plant for two to three weeks keeping you aphids under control. Do not look for the adult Ladies but look to see your pest problem disappear.
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ancm_Ommc0A&feature=emb_title