Greenfly EVERYWHERE!!

[Garvey]

My sweet peas are literally dripping with greenfly I have never experienced such an intense plague. Not a single lady bird insight. How come?

[Two_Sheds]

Not a single lady bird insight. How come?

Because there haven't been enough aphids for them to feed on this year, so they haven't been about.

"Those [species] that have not done so well in the relatively dry conditions ... slugs, snails and aphids ... The lack of aphids has, however, been bad news for the hoverflies and ladybirds that feed on them"
From butterflies to bats, we’re not the only ones loving summer | The Times

[roitelet]

Not much help I know but earlier in the year I had a bad infestation of greenfly in the poly tunnel. One day when the weather was warmer The tunnel was full of hoverflys and within few days there were no greenfly.

[rustylady]

I've had very few aphids this year - my main problem has been caterpillars.

[Garvey]

What I don't understand is there are literally millions of aphids in the garden but no Lady Birds. Last year there was a plague of them. Nature is strange!

[Two_Sheds]

What I don't understand is there are literally millions of aphids in the garden but no Lady Birds.

The aphids have only just arrived. The ladybirds came out of hibernation and there weren't enough aphids around to support a large population of ladybirds.