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Ladybug eggs on our aphid-invested honeysuckle (media.piefed.social)

submitted 3 weeks ago by pageflight@piefed.social to c/greenspace@beehaw.org

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We introduced two batches of 300 ladybugs a couple weeks ago, and now we have a thriving ladybug lifecycle.

The larvae do most of the eating.

Eggs are hard to spot.

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[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It also helps to repel the farmer ants as much as possible.

We had ants farming aphids on our small cherry tree last year. I was too late with the lady bug egg order to have it produce any fruit, but they ate the hell out of the aphids and saved the tree.

[–] pageflight@piefed.social 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Any advice on the ants? The aphids do seem to be coming back strong every year, and I would guess ants are helping them overwinter.

Glad your tree made it!