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April 12, 2015 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Posts: 6,793
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ladybugs welcome!
I've been mentally preparing for disaster this season, because I stupidly tried to get a fall crop in the greenhouse, and brought in a few pepper plants to ripen.. ending up with a horrible infestation of aphids. Yes I've cleaned up a bit during the winter, but I couldn't resist keeping the surviving plants - celery, leeks, green onions, sprouting broccoli... The celery crowns looked to be badly infested, even after my partial cleanup...but then they started to look better, and as everything got growing I've just been too busy to pay close attention, and grimly waiting for the great aphid resurgence to begin.
So here is what I found today on my rosemary plant, which is just starting to flower. This local two-spot ladybug (Adalia bipunctata) must have come in with the plants. |
April 12, 2015 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Long Island NY
Posts: 1,992
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Great! Hopefully it lays some eggs. That would end your aphid problem right quick!
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April 13, 2015 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Vancouver Island
Posts: 5,918
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you need a boy bug for that
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April 13, 2015 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Posts: 6,793
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Well I do hope she has a boyfriend hiding somewhere out there ( or ten!).
Pretty sure this one but recently hatched, as I didn't see any adult ladybugs in the greenhouse in the fall. I know people release hundreds at a time... I just hope this is a really hungry ladybug. |
April 13, 2015 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Long Island NY
Posts: 1,992
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April 14, 2015 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Chicago IL
Posts: 857
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Cool! I have seen my first ladybug of the season today, made me smile!
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April 17, 2015 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: NW PA zone 5
Posts: 121
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I have one in the basement, crawling all over my plants.
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April 17, 2015 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: NJ, zone 7
Posts: 3,162
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I need one, tell them to come my way.
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