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I've not seen one lady bird this year?
I dunno if there is a certain time of year when they are rife but not one yet.
I dunno if there is a certain time of year when they are rife but not one yet.
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I've seen none either :\Carrie
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Nor have I. Doyou think as it was such a mild winter they didn't hibernate but starved because there were in aphids etc to eat?Dogs have masters, cats have slaves, and horses are just wonderfulComment
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Funny enough i havn't seen any either..Comment
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Now that you mention it ...
I think I saw one a while back but that's it.
I guess with such a mild winter we thought it would be great for wildlife, but constant wet weather can be as damaging as severe cold weather, so maybe that's the reason.Pain is still pain, suffering is still suffering, regardless of whoever, or whatever, is the victim.
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I've seen about two all summer. Although today I saw a yellow ladybird with twelve white spots! Never seen one of those before.The best things in life are not things.Comment
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Sounds like this one Verinda:Originally posted by Verinda View Post
Orange 16-spot Ladybird (Halyzia sedecimguttata)sigpic“Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest,”
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Oh yes that's it, thank you Bm.The best things in life are not things.Comment
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I've seen one or two, but barely any compared to last year. The aphids have been ridiculous on some of my fruit bushes though, to the point where I had to spray a couple of the new shoots to kill the aphids off before they ruined everything (I did of course wait until I'd finished picking off all the fruit). Last year ladybirds took care of most of them.
A lot less cabbage whites this year though, so swings and roundabouts...Comment
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Just to counterbalance, I had lots of ladybirds in spring in my back garden and they have been around all season although not in the vast numbers of last year. I haven't seen very many aphids though, so maybe the ladybirds have been constrained by lack of food this year.Comment
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Nope- now you mention it!
I think I saw 2 or 3 in the Spring but none since.
Doesn't sound good does it???"Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple
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I had loads earlier in the spring, then they hid away mating for a couple of months. I'm now finding baby alligators (the larvae) and cocoons in lots of places.
NB: I grow flowers all year round and I don't spray for greenfly. No greenfly, no ladybirds.All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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Most of my plants are left to go to seed (not a tidy plot!) and the ladybird larvae are in abundance at the mo on last years parsnip plants.Comment
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Think the ladybirds have 'flown South', we have loads.DottyRComment
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