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  • eek... just accidentally woke some ladybirds

    I was tidying up some of the collapsed brassica cages today and and pulling up all the rotting cabbages that the snow did for and I kept finding sleeping ladybirds inside the bull dog clips used to hold the netting in place, on the netting itself and on the underside of poles.

    I carefully relocated them to a sheltered spot by the fence but a couple woke up. I tried to encourage them back inside their bulldog clip and they did but one rebellious one started walking around on the fence. Then a bit later I spotted another one which had been sharing a home on one of those plastic pegs with a slug and a cocoon. I picked it up to relocate but it flew off.

    Do you think they might drop off to sleep again or have I completely ruined their lives now Also are they likely to wake up in their new location all confused and disorientated? There's deffo something to be said for keeping your plot untidy until spring

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    Don't know the answer but, if it's any consolation I did exactly the same t'other day. I just popped her on the ground by a plant, and covered her over and hoped. Too scared to look now in case I wake her up again.
    Last edited by scarey55; 13-01-2011, 05:05 PM. Reason: Bad grammar (story of my life!)
    A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)

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    • #3
      Oh well thanks - that makes me feel a bit better. It has been a lot warmer here today, felt like spring. It'll be snowing again next week

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      • #4
        I opened some shutters on a friends house the other day and suddenly a pile of ladybirds started walking about!!

        What shocked me most of all was the speed with which they woke up and started moving about...not in the least bit sluggish!

        tell you what though..closing the shutters without squashing any was a nightmare

        A lovely find !
        Last edited by Nicos; 13-01-2011, 11:51 PM.
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