FYI everyone, importing ladybugs can be very harmful to the native population.
Ladybugs have evolved to their environment to a crazy degree, and bringing in outside ladybug species can pass on pathogens, parasites, or out compete native populations for food. The imported ladybugs generally are from California and won’t survive your local winter, so by adding ladybugs this year you might be reducing their numbers in coming years which starts a harmful cycle.
My point is, buy green lacewings or assassin bugs or something else from Arbico Organics or Nature’s Good Guys. There are plenty of predators that are a better choice than ladybugs.
I’ve seen some epic battles in my vegetable garden between ladybugs going after the aphids and the ants defending them.
I do not envy any insect going into battle against ants. Do the ladybugs even stand a chance?
From what I saw, they usually end up backing off and looking for aphids that were less defended.
Fuck aphids
All my homies hate aphids.
Oh the baby aphid in the 4th panel 😔
Do it
