Yesterday Dante and I went to the local nursery and picked up a container of ladybugs (1500 apparently) to put in our garden and hopefully keep away our unwanted pests. This was a fun project for him and he was quite excited to get the ladybugs at the store. I of course knew nothing about the process of releasing ladybugs until now. Since it was so windy yesterday we decided to wait to release them until tonight, I was worried they might have blown away yesterday? We put the container of ladybugs in the fridge for the night because when we bought them they were in a fridge so I figured they like to be cold at night? So here is what I learned:
- Release the Ladybugs in the evening out of direct sunlight and after you have watered area
- Ladybugs do not fly at night so they should have a chance to settle down and search for food and water
- Release them in an area with some plants and leaves so hopefully they will find food
- After a few days they should start laying clusters of eggs under leaves
- The eggs will then hatch into larvae which look like little black alligators with orange spots (who knew?)
- In about two weeks they should become adult ladybugs
Just before bedtime tonight, Dante and I went to perform our release...we both really hope they decide to stay in their new home.
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