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Raising Ladybugs
Has anyone had experience with raising their own ladybugs? Any advice?
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gill wrote:
Has anyone had experience with raising their own ladybugs? Any advice? gil We had a nest develop in our den once - it was interesting having thousands of small ladybugs developing in a room - even though we captured as many as we could and released them, there were always (OK, for a year at least) thirty or forty buzzing around. Did you know they do bite humans, albeit under severe provocation? |
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I had fantastic luck getting ladybugs (adults, their eggs and nymphs)
just by letting cilantro go to flower and seed in the garden. The bugs eat flower pollen of umbelliferae family plants for protein in the absence of their preferred insect food. The plants where covered with the little upright orange ladybug eggs, and later with the alligator like nymphs. Plus the occasional swallowtail butterfly :-). Betsy gill wrote: Has anyone had experience with raising their own ladybugs? Any advice? gil |
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You can either carve out the portion of the leaf the eggs are on and secure it to the plant you want the larvae to hatch on, or take a section of the plant with the eggs on and make sure you get a few Aphids on it and put it in a jar. They should hatch in a 1-3 days after which you can place them on your plant. If you are can't find eggs, jar a few Ladybugs and a good supply of Aphid infested leaves, a few small airholes is enough as you want inside of the jar moist, but no pooling of water in the bottom. Keep them at a moderate temp, 68-72 degrees if possible and keep the jar out of direct sunlight. Check periodically for eggs, remove the leaf they are on, scrape off any Aphids, and apply to your plant with a paper clip or loose rubber band. |
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