Subject: Re: help with lady bugs
From: gordo@dircon.co.uk (Gordon Joly)
Organization: Direct Connection (Call UK 0181 297 2200 for info)
Date: 2 Nov 1997 22:11:12 -0000
Message-ID: <MOD$971102.5847@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
References: <MOD$971031.11974@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
In article <MOD$971031.11974@rec.gardens.ecosystems>,
Catherine Schrank wrote:
>
> I'm looking for advise on the best way to capture ladybugs. Several dozen
>have found their way into my house.
[...]
Lady bugs (called ladybirds in the UK) are very useful - the eat
blackfly. I take them and put them on the elder tree in the spring,
and throughout the summer, to rid the tree of thousands blackfly.
Gordo.
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