Anyone Know How to Farm Lady Bugs? Please Help Me Out

FriendlyGuy

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I hate driving to the nursery to get lady bugs that always ends me up with half a bag filled with dead lady bugs..

Im trying to figure out exactly HOW to farm lady bugs.. what do I need..

I just want to get rid of my aphid problem thats KILLIN muh babies.. any help will be appreciated! thank you so much! xD
 

FriendlyGuy

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use neem oil in combo with the lady bugs to get bugs off.

as for farming them well i just goggled it and found a few links so maybe try that. i want to farm them as well, but i think this year i am going with mantises.

heres a link to get you started http://www.ladybug-life-cycle.com/ladybug-facts.html
yeah i needa get that neem oil and dude haha thats the same site i ran upon yesterday haha but... doesnt say much tho... i hear u needa build a big area so they can fly around in it.. hang a sponge.. put some drops of water on it.. soak a raisin for 5 min.. cut in half.. and thats what they eat.. should be good for a weak, than just repeat..

BUT do i just go buy 1500 lady bugs and put them all in there and hope that they fuck or whaa?
 

ChubbySoap

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well...if you want to have a healthy pride of lions...you kinda need a few herds of gazelle, zerbra, rabbits, and what not...

you wanna breed ladybugs, you gotta breed the stuff they eat!
 

JayTrinity

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I want to do this!
I know a guy that has rabbits that poo into a worm bed below the cage.

Man all this bugs, worms and poo, all this gets me kind of weird feelings im not sure im comfortable having!
But im coming out of the weird bug closet!
 

Shangeet

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In order for you to successfully farm these ladybugs, you need to have your ladybug farm kit. There are several ways on how you will be able to get a ladybug far, kit and one of these is obtaining them online.
Upon receiving the ladybugs kit at your home, you need to keep them cool so you have to put them in the ref until you are ready to free them in your farm to do their task. For the results to be absolutely amazing, this must be arranged in early springtime.
The most challenging part of farming them is getting them stay on a fixed place where you desire them to be. But the worse of this is that not all of them will stay because some will fly away no matter what you do. The old rhyme "ladybug ladybug fly away home" is indeed telling the truth. It is at night time when they are very ideal to let go. Since this is the time when they do not like to fly, you can successfully keep them around. Another thing to bear in mind is making sure that the soil is damp before letting them go and scattering them over the yard.
In order for you to ascertain that the ladybugs will always be happy to dwell in your place, you need to have flowering plants since they love pollen and nectar.
 

mcpurple

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In order for you to successfully farm these ladybugs, you need to have your ladybug farm kit. There are several ways on how you will be able to get a ladybug far, kit and one of these is obtaining them online.
Upon receiving the ladybugs kit at your home, you need to keep them cool so you have to put them in the ref until you are ready to free them in your farm to do their task. For the results to be absolutely amazing, this must be arranged in early springtime.
The most challenging part of farming them is getting them stay on a fixed place where you desire them to be. But the worse of this is that not all of them will stay because some will fly away no matter what you do. The old rhyme "ladybug ladybug fly away home" is indeed telling the truth. It is at night time when they are very ideal to let go. Since this is the time when they do not like to fly, you can successfully keep them around. Another thing to bear in mind is making sure that the soil is damp before letting them go and scattering them over the yard.
In order for you to ascertain that the ladybugs will always be happy to dwell in your place, you need to have flowering plants since they love pollen and nectar.
you dont have to buy a kit. you can use store bought ladies and use a small empty aqauriam to breed them you put them in the fridge to keep the older ones alive longer, its like hibernation to them. and theri needs to be some sort of food source that they eat ie... BUGS.

your copy paste does have some good info in it. ill add on that when you release make sure it is damp like said above and try to do it as close to dark or even in the dark if you can. lady bugs dont like to fly at night as much and will more likely stay the night leading them to just stay their and live
 

FriendlyGuy

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sweet yeah thats what i figured haha Instead of spending 29 on a kit with like 4 lady bugs in their larvae state.. i can spend 7 bucks for 1500 and just get some type of housing.
 

mcpurple

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i just found another lady bug in my green house. the 1st one ive seen in about a week. they should be showing up soon on theri own. but as soon as the store has some i am getting them putting most of them in the fridge till i can release them and place about 50-100 in a tank and try to breed them.
 

pilgram

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You cant "farm" ladybugs.You ranch ladybugs.This
is alot of work!Round ups,long drives,branding and
stampedes....too dangerous
 

elduece

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I've read somewhere that you could mist some corn syrup soda like sprite etc on the lady bugs before letting them out of the bag so their wings stay shut and keeps 'em in the garden. After you get tired of the lady bugs, throw in two praying mantis.
 

mcpurple

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I've read somewhere that you could mist some corn syrup soda like sprite etc on the lady bugs before letting them out of the bag so their wings stay shut and keeps 'em in the garden. After you get tired of the lady bugs, throw in two praying mantis.
i heard about this as well. i am going to get a mantis egg sack as well this year i hope. they only order 3-5 a year localy so i hope i can get in 1st to get one
 

snew

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I know that neem oil is not suppose to affect beneficial incests, however, I try to avoid them as much as possible, if you completely destroy the food the ladybugs will leave.
Use a ladybug attractant. I've saw a lot more activity this year. I just pulled my peas. Lots of aphids but I didn't know it, cause it had lots of ladybugs hang around. It will take 3-4 years to build a strong local herd.
 

Ontheball

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use neem oil in combo with the lady bugs to get bugs off.

as for farming them well i just goggled it and found a few links so maybe try that. i want to farm them as well, but i think this year i am going with mantises.

heres a link to get you started http://www.ladybug-life-cycle.com/ladybug-facts.html
Seriously ! thats pimp unfortunatly my mantis (Trigger) died recently. Mrs was joking with me saying could get a new one and put him in the grow. I was worried about him chewing plants but never seen the mantis do that hell i might risk it !
 

FriendlyGuy

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Seriously ! thats pimp unfortunatly my mantis (Trigger) died recently. Mrs was joking with me saying could get a new one and put him in the grow. I was worried about him chewing plants but never seen the mantis do that hell i might risk it !
lmfao yeah i was thinkin what if you had two mantis's but in a big grow area and one on each side? dont they only stay in like.. a 5 foot radius or some shiit?lol i should attach shock collars to make em stay away if they get within 1 foot of each other haha
 
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