I like to leave my balcony door cracked for my cat to go in and out, and I dont want get beat up by a bug because im trying to get rid of some aphids
Labybugs are cool. You want to release them after you’ve generously watered your entire garden, then release them at night.
They will enjoy the abundant water on the cool plants, and settle in for the night, instead of immediately flying off somewhere else. In the morning, you will have a much higher number of labybugs deciding to take up residence in your garden, especially when they discover those yummy aphids.
I love lady bugs; just the thought of them going through the gauntlet of traps and pitfalls makes me worry one of them will realize who put them there and attack me
Ladybug sci fi horror. The swarm is transported to a strange land but it’s so bountiful! Fresh water, aphids ripe for the picking.
I’m sure the stories of “bug eating monster plants” are overblown…
The lady bug platoon is released from its drop pod. They emerge into an alien landscape, and smell food, as well as sickly sweet scents. They venture over a strange purple and green pad; SNAP. A fly trap eats a lady bug. The aphids smell oh so close, yet so far away.
My neighbor told me carnivorous plants keep eating his lady bugs so I asked how many bugs he has and he said he just goes to the store and gets a new bug afterwards so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding lady bugs to plants and then his daughter started crying.
no but and I’m saying this without ever having purchased ladybugs for this but I do think they’ll all just fuckin’ fly away
predatory mites, now that’s where it’s at, little voracious fuckers with no wings hahahaha
I’ve heard some stick around if there’s stuff for them to eat.
You are probably correct. It depends what type is bought but usually the ladybugs you can buy are NOT the same as your native ladybugs. So they will literally just fly away. You need native ones.
A captive foodsource and additional fodder for the cause? I like this option
And what’s your plan for all these carnivorous plants that are apparently asleep on the job in the face of an aphid infestation?
They’re super lazy hunters, I cant even call them hunters. More like lazy slobs who only eat snacks that fall into their mouth. Cant even relate, smh
Maybe get a dewgem. Crawl on that and it’s over
