
Ladybugs and Lacewings
*Please not we do not ship product, we are pick up at the store only* Two beneficial insects in one package, adult Ladybugs and Lacewing eggs. Adult Ladybugs go to work immediately eating soft bodied pests. Lacewing eggs hatch in 3 to 10 days, larvae consume a wide variety of pests. Each contains 500-1000 count. LADYBUGS (Hippodamia convergens) Use: Ladybugs prefer to eat aphids and will devour up to 50 a day, but they will also attack scale, mealy bugs, boil worms, leafhopper, and corn ear worm. They dine only on insects and do not harm vegetation in any way. Release: Ladybugs should always be released after sundown since they only fly in the daytime. During the night, they will search the area for food and stay as long as there is food for them to eat. The more they eat the more eggs they lay and the more insect eating larvae you will have. It is best if the area has been recently watered. Ladybugs tend to crawl up and toward light. So release them in small groups at the base of plan