Ladybugs are your free aphid hunters!
They are the ultimate free bug control!
Ladybugs are omnivores, they also feed on nectar and pollen
You can buy ladybugs for your own garden! We recommend Bugs for Bugs. To help if you have an aphid outbreak!
Even herbivorous 26-spotted potato ladybugs are good for nutrients cycling!
Helpful Tips:
- Keep dead and older foliage of plants like tree dahlia, geraniums, dahlia's and salvia's in your garden to provide a place to stay over the winter for good bugs like ladybugs
- Plant pollen and nectar rich plants such as Achillea, Lobularia, Leucnathemum, Anemone and Salvia to help feed them
- Squish and don't spray Aphids! Theyre still a tasty snack even when squished.
-Make your own ladybird/Good Bug hotel. Place straw, sticks, bamboo and other natural material into an old pot, with drainage holes. Dig a shallow hole that leaves a few centimeters of pot above the ground, place in a sheltered area
Ladybugs within our Nursery:
