Keeping ladybugs in garden
 

Is there a way to keep my lady bugs in the garden after they eat all
the aphids? Can they eat pollen? if so, what kind? What other pests
do they eat besides aphids. Can i make a house for them to stay in? I
really need help, i'm an newbie at gardening.

BenGman wrote:
Is there a way to keep my lady bugs in the garden after they eat all
the aphids? Can they eat pollen? if so, what kind? What other
pests
do they eat besides aphids. Can i make a house for them to stay in?
I
really need help, i'm an newbie at gardening.

in my location (Michigan) aphids develop only during that time when the
ladybugs are already in the garage and the aphids still outside (late
october). Otherwise they clean up. Flowers are plentiful around here,
so they can find some alternate source of food once they finish the
aphids. I make a point of scraping thousands of ladybugs off the garage
windows every april after hibernation and releasing them outside. it
sure works.

So that is why I had ladybugs everywhere in my garage and my screen in porch this year. I kept taking them outside and putting them in the garden. :)