laughed at<\/em> by the woman in the garden department. Mrrrrr. ):< ) I followed all the directions very carefully — keep them in a cool place (but not in the fridge), release them at dusk, and mist the area before you release them so they have water to drink.<\/p>\nI’m pleased to say that many of them seem to have stayed and are chowing down on my aphids. There are even still largish clusters of them here and there. I will probably mist again to make sure they get enough water, because we don’t have any free water in the yard. (I really need a shallow fountain for bees and birds and ladybugs … ) I also spotted some ladybug larvae, which I’m thinking probably came from the ladybugs I saw in the yard ’round about last Sunday.<\/p>\n
So here’s hoping that the natural predators do their job. (: Go ladybugs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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