• RubberElectrons@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I discovered this the fuckin hard way, bought a container of ladybugs and distributed them along my various plants getting sapped by aphids. Next morning, only the goddamn aphids remained…

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      1 day ago

      Did you cool them before you released them? Lowering their body temperature helps keep them arou d and on your plants to take the little fuckers out.

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          18 hours ago

          You’ve got to do it at the right time of day too, can’t remember when the wrong time is but if you release them then they all just fly away immediately!

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          Unfortunate. Seems like you got a rowdy bunch lol. If I recall right when I unleashed them on an aphid infestation I had them in there for like 2-3 hours. Idk I’d that would make a difference or not. A lot of them did peace out pretty soon after I let them loose, but a handful stayed around for a few days.