What's so wonderful when you buy ladybugs is that you can order them through the mail. Yes, you can buy ladybugs and have them sent right to your home.
An entire army of ladybugs to take on the pests (bad bugs) in your garden. They love soft bodied insects, particularly aphids and scale insects. So any small, soft bodied insects are what the ladybugs see as a treat and love to munch on.
You want to keep in mind that if you spray pesticides in your garden you will not only kill the "bad" bugs, you will kill the "good" beneficial insects (like honey bees,lace wings, praying mantis') as well. Also do your really want pesticides on your fruits and veggies??
It is usually when I first see any aphids on my roses, herbs, veggie plants or fruit trees that I buy ladybugs. They usually arrive in a week. I place them straight into my refrigerator. Since I generally release my ladybugs after dark, I take them out of the refrigerator about an hour before dark and sprinkle them with water. Then at dusk I go out and leaf water the plants and trees I plan to release them onto. Since the ladybugs have been in 'hibernation' they are usually very thirsty and will find the water drops on the leaves. This refreshes them and they will be ready at first light to get busy eating all those pesky "bad" bugs.
I have attached a video of a ladybug release, they are releasing them in the daytime, and it doesn't look like they watered the whole garden areas where they are releasing them....this does show that there is no wrong way to do this! Whether you refrigerate them or not, pre-water your leaves or not, the ladybugs will find their food, and will help to rid your garden of "bad" bugs.
So whether you are a farmer, a home owner, or a container gardener ladybug releases can be fun for the whole family.
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