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, 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

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

, 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

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

, 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

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

noticed a very large number of ladybirds in our garden. Also we are seeing all the butterflys you mention. We also have over 20 newts who are very busy in the pond. A robin is also nesting in the ivy on the garage wall and is in and out all day with her

All the greenfly are in my garden, on my roses, sweetpea's and lettce. I have seen loads of ladybirds at work in the hants area. Oh and i have had no end of trouble with slugs since we had rain, they have even found a way round the copper tape! Very

on the leaves.Dispose of fallen leaves that might have the bugs or eggs attached. Use the predatory ladybird Cryptolaemus montrouzieri when temperatures rise in summer. Also try spraying plants with fatty acids or plant oils. You may need to do this a few times

.Most companion plants are strongly scented and confuse pests looking for their host plant. Others attract beneficial insects, such as ladybirds and lacewings, which prey on aphids.The garlic chive, Allium tuberosum, is a hardy perennial with white star