Ladybirds ordered

harrychilds · May 11, 2022

I have ordered some ladybirds, is it okay to use them in flowering to get rid of any microscopic bugs? Or should I just release them outside on a sunny day? LOL :bigjoint:

harrychilds · May 11, 2022

I've never introduced ladybirds into my environment and I'm going to do it just for a laugh lol

LeastExpectedGrower · May 11, 2022

I'd be really careful in your tent. You're likely to have a ladybug infestation in your house or apartment.

harrychilds · May 11, 2022

LeastExpectedGrower said:
I'd be really careful in your tent. You're likely to have a ladybug infestation in your house or apartment.

I guess worse case I will just catch them and put them outside, I ordered 20 of them :bigjoint:

LeastExpectedGrower · May 11, 2022

harrychilds said:
I guess worse case I will just catch them and put them outside, I ordered 20 of them

20 isn't bad. But a few hundred, you'd be surprised at how things can become a pest.

PadawanWarrior · May 11, 2022

harrychilds said:
I've never introduced ladybirds into my environment and I'm going to do it just for a laugh lol

The only thing you need to worry about is them flying into fans. I've released them in our living room before. They would fly around the house, but I didn't really care.

MICHI-CAN · May 12, 2022

They will not stay in your tent/room without a food and water source. And the escapees will die from starvation before they can start an infestation.

If no issues with bugs? Release outdoors. You would not want to be locked in a box and starved to death.

bam0813 · May 12, 2022

A certain time of yr each yr my house is full of them. They tend to stay around my sky lights so it doesn’t really bother us. Good to know there’s plenty around

harrychilds · May 12, 2022

MICHI-CAN said:
They will not stay in your tent/room without a food and water source. And the escapees will die from starvation before they can start an infestation.

If no issues with bugs? Release outdoors. You would not want to be locked in a box and starved to death.

MICHI-CAN · May 12, 2022

bam0813 said:
A certain time of yr each yr my house is full of them. They tend to stay around my sky lights so it doesn’t really bother us. Good to know there’s plenty around

Grow mums around the house. Bring a few potted indoors. Ladybugs hate them. And your infestation is coming to hibernate in the fall.

bam0813 · May 12, 2022

Hmmm would ladybirds be effective against what caused that? Looks like something bigger than mites

bam0813 · May 12, 2022

MICHI-CAN said:
Grow mums around the house. Bring a few potted indoors. Ladybugs hate them. And your infestation is coming to hibernate in the fall.

That what I figured about a wintering spot your right its fall and usually some stinkbugs show up around that time…

bam0813 · May 12, 2022

In the house i mean

MICHI-CAN · May 12, 2022

That does not look like soft bodied insects that ladies prefer. That's a chewer and not a sucking insect.

MICHI-CAN · May 12, 2022

bam0813 said:
In the house i mean

I'm smacking an occasional stink bug here. We get mad numbers in the fall to.

harrychilds · May 12, 2022

bam0813 said:
Hmmm would ladybirds be effective against what caused that? Looks like something bigger than mites

I don't know dude, I'm struggling to even diagnose what caused the bites in my leaves, I defoliated my plants and removed all the suspect leaves off and I am hoping that if I put 2 or 3 ladybirds on each plant they will look for bugs to eat?

harrychilds · May 12, 2022

MICHI-CAN said:
They will not stay in your tent/room without a food and water source. And the escapees will die from starvation before they can start an infestation.

If no issues with bugs? Release outdoors. You would not want to be locked in a box and starved to death.

I heard that ladybugs can go without food for up to 9 months? By which point I will be finished and release them into my back garden?

bam0813 · May 12, 2022

harrychilds said:
I don't know dude, I'm struggling to even diagnose what caused the bites in my leaves, I defoliated my plants and removed all the suspect leaves off and I am hoping that if I put 2 or 3 ladybirds on each plant they will look for bugs to eat?

How many leaves were damaged? has it continued ?

harrychilds · May 12, 2022

bam0813 said:
How many leaves were damaged? has it continued ?

Probably not that many leaves. about 10 or 20 leaves out of probably about 1,000 leaves or something. And I defoliated the plants and removed all of the bad leaves. And no I don't think it is continuing I will have to check them in an hour or two

harrychilds · May 12, 2022

I'm probably just going to release the ladybugs into the wild outside, I don't like the idea of a ladybug infestation in my house lol :bigjoint:

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