• RubberElectrons@lemmy.world
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    8 days 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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      8 days 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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          8 days ago

          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.