Dragonfli Ladybird Adults (Adalia bipunctata) - Live Ladybirds for The Natural Control of Aphids & Greenfly (25)

I've got a number of roses as well as flowering cherry trees that seem to be highly attractive to aphids. Usually a good spray with greenfly killer does the trick but it needs to be applied repeatedly, thinking that if the greenfly hang around then ladybirds should do likewise for a good meal. They come in a plastic bottle with a breathable cap. To stop the poor things rattling around in the post the bottle is packed with popcorn. Yes, you read that correctly - popcorn! Now as mad as it may sound it does make sense. It's springy, soft and robust enough to keep the ladybirds alive and healthy and it's bio-degradable ...... if it isn't eaten by the birds first. Anyway, I dropped the ladybirds on the roses and it would seem they needed a change of diet from popcorn as they got straight to work on the aphid problem. How long they hang around is beyond my control but at least they're dealing with the aphids in a more environmental fashion

Positives: My order arrived earlier than expected and contained very clear instructions on how to care for and deploy the ladybirds Negatives: Of the 25 ladybirds ordered only 1 survived the journey. It wasn't very lively at first and several times it fell off the plant I placed it on. As it's an indoor herb box that's having issues with bugs I planned on letting the ladybirds out after the pests had been controlled, I think I'm seeing fewer bugs but I can't locate the ladybird and I'm not 100% sure it's alive

I had a serious aphid infestation on one of my elder trees so instead of using chemical pesticides as the tree overhangs a plant the bees love, I’d give ladybirds a try. I bought 20 and wondered if that would be enough. 2 weeks later the tree is recovering beautifully, only shells of aphids remain, and the ladybirds have spread to other parts of the garden too! My infestation was so bad you couldn’t see the stalks on the leaves, it was black with aphids. If you put them in an aphid hot spot they will clear it out faster than you’d expect! Wonderful and just lovely to see them out and about too.

Not sure what to say... They took very long time to come so I am not surprised nearly half of them were dead. A day later when I was checking on them, only one ladybird was found in my greenhouse but still loads of aphids left. Not sure if they vanished or died. Not worth the money in my opinion.

The ladybugs are the most horny ladybugs in the world. I put them on my peper plant with the world's worst aphid infection to try and save it and instead they spent all their time having ladybug orgies with up to 6 ladybugs trying to join in at once. However i am delighted because this has resulted in so many eggs! Its really awesome most of the eggs have hatched and now they are almost 2 weeks old and look like little black cuties. And they are so so hungry. Every time i look its like a horror movie for aphids! I was wondering if you have any advice on how i can keep them happy through winter. They are currently living on a bell peper Plant in my conservatory.

I was expecting a package with adult ladybirds and so was dissapointed to find what I thought were dead husks of ladybirds. Having read the leaflets I found that the dead husks are actually pupae waiting to hatch out over the next days into adults.

Arrived lot sooner than actually mentioned in ad... everything was perfect

Total waste of money . All dead .