edit: lady bugs being released to do murder. alt text doesnt seem to have loaded correctly when posted.
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Very interesting, in my garden the lady bugs seem to know exactly when to show up and I don't have to intervene
Any idea why yours don't?
urban deadzone with chemically sterilized turf lawns. five years ago ants, aphids and box-elder were the only insect in the yard. i've set up a couple rain water ponds and planted large sections of native flowers over the past couple years. insect diversity has drastically improved, i spotted half a dozen bumblebee queens zig zagging the yard this spring. set up long piles of last seasons plant cuttings for overwintering.
Hell yeah that's what we like