Ladybugs

We plant lots of dill and treat it somewhat as a sacrificial plant.  It always starts out lovely and then as it gets to the end of it’s life I suppose it becomes weak and vulnerable.  Aphids love it and ladybugs love aphids.  Butterfly Milkweed is another good one to plan to lose.  It’s perennial and attracts oleander aphids as well as butterflies.  Oleander aphids attack only oleander and milkweed, so your other plants are safe from them.   The more diverse habitats for your predators the more resilient your garden will be to infestation.

This single dill plant below was covered in hundreds of ladybugs in every stage of life.  Eggs, larva, pupae and adults.  Plenty of them flew into the rest of the garden to put down aphid uprisings on other plants.

Lady Bug Brothel

Dill - Lady Bug Brothel

Lady Bug eggs

Lady Bug eggs on squash leaf


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Lady Bug eggs

Lady Bug eggs on dill

Lady bug larva

Lady bug larva

The Mealy Bug Destroyer is also a species of ladybug.

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