Where have all the ladybirds gone to this year? So far I haven't seen a
single one. Meanwhile the greenfly levels are a lot higher than normal.

On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:40:30 +0100, Frank Booth Snr wrote
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Where have all the ladybirds gone to this year? So far I haven't seen a
single one. Meanwhile the greenfly levels are a lot higher than normal.

Well we have hundreds of them, far more than previous years. They seem to
love forget-me-nots, and also the wild vetches in our wild areas.




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"Frank Booth Snr" wrote in message
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Where have all the ladybirds gone to this year? So far I haven't seen a
single one. Meanwhile the greenfly levels are a lot higher than normal.

In Cambridgeshire they woke up early because of the mild spring, then (I
think) got bumped off by the subsequent cold snap.

Quite a few small ones are about now.

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Brian

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"Frank Booth Snr" wrote in message
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Where have all the ladybirds gone to this year? So far I haven't seen a
single one. Meanwhile the greenfly levels are a lot higher than normal.

In Cambridgeshire they woke up early because of the mild spring, then (I
think) got bumped off by the subsequent cold snap.

Quite a few small ones are about now.

I think the same must have happend here in Cheshire. There were a lot
about when I first cut the grass at the front this year [I hate to do
that as it distrubs them] and there are a few around now, but I could do
with a whole lot more!! The greefly are having a feast on my roses!
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Beryl

Winsford, Cheshire