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Rampant_Weasel

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ladybirds
« on: March 15, 2014, 08:58 »
i have grown some winter tares and want to chop it off to dig in.but ive noticed there is no end of ladybirds asleep in it! anyone know when they wake up? i dont want to bury them all and be infested with aphids..

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Re: ladybirds
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2014, 09:21 »
They are just waking up down here.

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Re: ladybirds
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2014, 09:29 »
Seen a few on the allotment during the week here too.

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Re: ladybirds
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2014, 10:33 »
Saw one yesterday, bit sluggish but moving around. Lots of bumble bees now. My plum tree is in full blossom so I'm hoping they have found it.

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Re: ladybirds
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2014, 11:02 »
Seen ladybirds and a few bees here in Hampshire this week
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Re: ladybirds
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2014, 11:18 »
Hardly saw any ladybirds last year, and hardly any aphids either (probably a chicken and egg thing going on there but I don't know which way round - it'll be interesting to see whether this year is different after such a mild winter.)
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Re: ladybirds
« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2014, 17:39 »
We've got quite a few about - both ladybirds and harlequin beetles. I move them into the greenhouse and polytunnel when I find them to hunt out any greenfly overwintered on the lettuces.

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Re: ladybirds
« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2014, 18:10 »
Several ladybirds out enjoying the sunshine today  :D
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Re: ladybirds
« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2014, 18:17 »
Butterflies were also out today on my plot! Debris netting at the ready....

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Re: ladybirds
« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2014, 19:41 »
I have a couple of hundred ladybugs overwintering in my shed .beginning to take wing now


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