Ladybugs
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The ladybug is one of, if not the most, recognizable garden insect. What many of you may not know is, that there are over 500 species of the lady beetle in North America. Not all of them have their signature spots and not all of them are even red!
While their diet slightly varies between species, most of them tend to eat soft bodied insects, which means they are perfect for controlling aphids. In fact a single lady bug can eat 50-60 aphids a day.
If you do not have ladybugs naturally in your garden, you have two choices. First you can head down to your local organic nursery or online nursery and purchase them. This is recommended if you have an infestation and need help ASAP. If you are looking to control pests then simply try to attract ladybugs.
They love cosmos, which are ideal because they thrive in a number of climates, geraniums, fennel, and dill.
Ladybugs are great for controlling aphids, bollworms, potato beetle, green peach aphid and leafhoppers scale insects, mealybugs, mites and whiteflies.
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