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I spent 15 minutes today watching 3 ladybirds eat all the greenfly off my sage cuttings, I was made up, me, who hates killing things, just sat there, thinking..get stuck in, less of the b*gers in the polytunnel   ;D

Have noticed lots of ladybirds at the lottie but I don,t knoe if this is unusual for this time of year

i have lots on my plot too. my five year old spent a happy half hour this morning moving any he found onto my broad beans.   last year i found a colony of ldybirds under the overhang of my turf path edge.

Weird - no you are perfeclty normal as regards A4A. I can spend hours watching tadpoles, discussing greenfly ....and there are ladybirds about on my lottie as well!

yes i have them as well !!

my i was bitten by one once so i have mixed feelings

You someone else who's allergic to ladybird bites Cam? No-one believes me :o

;D

 ;D ;D ;D ;D
I know I shouldnt but I cant help it

Sorry Cam & Lish :o

Saw at least twenty in one clump yesterday and at least three red admirals even managed to do a bit of gardening...
;D

I don't know if they actually bite or if they've got a ....wait for it....sting in their knees  ::)

Least, that's what I was told. Believe anything, me ;D

If you want to be really sadistic, the next time you see a ladybird, pick it up and put it on a rosebud that is covered in greenfly.
I agree it is a mesmerising experience.

http://www.allaboutliverpool.com/allaboutallotments2_my_allotment_in_liverpool.html

Quote from: Alishka_Maxwell on April 02, 2007, 22:08:41
You someone else who's allergic to ladybird bites Cam? No-one believes me :o

;D

big girl's blouse !

8)

Major infestation of greenfly on the roses but the ladybirds were all elsewhere

Not an aphid in sight on my roses up the arch, I had a potted seedling left over last year and didn't know what it was so just left it by the roses.  It grew into a small brussel sprout plant, the sprouts had blown by Feb as it was still in a small pot so I just left it there.  Over the the last couple of weeks it started to produce flower buds - guess where all the aphids are.....

i heard that the ladybird bleeds from its knees as a defence mechanism. the blood stinks, so the predator lets go. How true this is im not certain

I wish they'd breed fast, the greenfly are  ;D

I seem to have an infestation of ladybirds on my plot, I've never seen so many, I just hope we don't get a cold snap and they die off.

cor, cc..can you bag some up and send them, only joking, you lucky thing, I've only seen 4 in the past week  ;D

i only saw ONE last year and that was at WORK.  didn't see one in the garden at all.

saw a peacock butterfly at work today.  i'm wondering what that site has got that i haven't.

:-\

Shirl and Bunjy have got them on their lotties..Bunjy's three little ones were mesmerised by them :)

So ladybirds actually do have knees? Thought it was a wind up ::)

http://www.uksafari.com/ladybirds7.htm

Was visiting a garden further inland day before yesterday and was astounded by the amount of ladybirds.

Back home...non seen in back garden. One on lotty today.