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Greenfly by the million

is the ladybird & ladybird lavae so if you see them on the plant don't try & remove them, they might be hungry! I haven't seen a single ladybird this year, but I don't know what their larvae look like. (I only deliberately slaughter aphids and slugs though by Sara 4

03/06/2013 00:39:05

by Welshonion

Identifying beneficial insect larvae

I think we all know what greenfly look like, and can identify hatched slugs etc., but does anybody know of a book or a website which gives us pictures of the eggs and larvae of pests and of 'good' insects such as ladybird or hoverfly larve, so we by ChapelGirl2

13/06/2013 20:51:26

by ChapelGirl2

Talkback: The birch sawfly

sorry they are ladybird larvae is there a bird that eats these massive critter's. make a really good meal probably full of protine. how do I stat a new blog.You gave us some super information on bumble bees with illustations. Would it be possibl fo by Bobbington

28/11/2011 18:39:00

by susan16pen

Huge aphids!

suggestions very much appreciated. Keep doing what ya doing. Removal by hand ya best organic solution. There are products available such as lacewing larvae but lacewings as adults do damage some plants. Keep a eye out for ladybirds my garden is crawling by aitchvee

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29/03/2012 19:28:14

by Catbalou

Lupins destroyed by greenfly

, there they are again the next day. I bought a load of ladybirds, which all promptly flew away (home I guess ), and now my lupins are all dead looking, with grey/black foliage and very floppy. Any greens bits are still smothered with greenfly. Do you think by Lunarz

06/10/2012 21:54:03

by sotongeoff

Talkback: Asparagus beetles

HiOn my asparagus I have asparagus beetle larvae (I missed picking off some of the eggs). I also have blackfly and another beetle which I first thought was a ladybird larvae but now realise it isn't. It's about the same size and shape by bunnysgarden

28/11/2011 18:39:04

by leilah

Talkback: Shieldbugs

, on the same kind of note what does everyone think about the different color lady bird not the native 2 spotted red n black one well i think thats the native one not these black n yellow ones and opposite black with red spots Hold hard on the Ladybirds by Sue

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28/11/2011 18:38:04

by Yewjay

Bug House

Hi I have one of those little ladybird/lacewing winter homes and wandered if anyone could tell me where to position it so insects get maximum benefit in the colder months Thanks - have a great day I don't think it is vital- I had one of those given by Lucy3

06/07/2012 20:01:47

by Bee friendly

Talkback: Bug box

, Anne? Can anyone out there help me in my quest to buy some ladybird lava for my newley installed ladybird house. I had so few ladybirds in the garden this year that I thought I would give them a hand. I had so many green fly in my lupins this year by Gray Colt

28/11/2011 18:29:46

by bird control

Talkback: Hibernating insects

them as often as I'd like to. I have to say that it's mice we have to deal with rather than insects! We've had a few of them over the winter. If ladybirds like their hibernation site they (or their offspring) tend to go back to the same place year after by Pippa Greenwood

28/11/2011 18:37:51

by Pammy

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