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Article by: Lesley Dietschy Ladybugs, also called lady beetles or ladybirds, can be a gardener's best friend. The ladybug's bright coloring brings welcomed cheer to the garden, , Miniature Roses as well as helping with pest , Hydroponics Gardening - An Introduction To Hydroponics Gardening For Beginners (Part 10) Nutrients control. Since medieval times, ladybugs have been valued by farmers all over the world. Many believe that the ladybug was divinely sent to free crops of insect pests. , How to Grow Sweet Corn In fact, that is how the ladybug got its name. People dedicated the bug to the Virgin Mary and therefore called it "The Bug of our Lady", which was eventually shortened to the present name "ladybug". Adult ladybugs are usually oval or domed shaped and have red wings, yellow wings or shades and variations of these colors. , Improve Garden Soil with Cover Crops The number of black spots can range from no spots to 15 spots and they are typically about one quarter inch in size or smaller. The length of the life cycle of a ladybug varies depending upon temperature, , New Uses For Old Plants humidity, and food , Annuals For Shade supply. Usually the life cycle from egg to adult is about three to four weeks, and up to six weeks during the cooler spring , Controlling Spider Mites months. During the spring , 6 Factors that Directly Decide the Landscaping Design of a Home Garden the adult female ladybug can lay up to three hundred eggs in an aphid colony. The eggs normally hatch in two to five days. The newly hatched larvae feed on aphids for up to three weeks and then enter the pupae stage. About one week later, the adult ladybug emerges. There can be as many as six generations of ladybugs hatched in a year. The ladybug enjoys popularity around the world. These pretty insects have long been considered a symbol of good luck and fortune because of their ability to eat an enormous amount of aphids. One ladybug can eat as many as 50 to 60 aphids per day. Aphids (also called plant , Colour in the Garden lice) are herbivores and are one of the worst groups of pests , Discover the Single Most Important Trick to Overwintering Pond Fish on plants. , How To Choose The Right Lawnmower For Your Garden Lawn They feed in colonies and damage plants , Improve Garden Soil with Cover Crops by sucking the juice out of the leaves, stems, or roots. , Palm Trees While aphids feed, they damage plant , Add Value to Your Home - Landscaping tissue creating a loss of plant , Properly Watering Hillside and Sloped Landscaping fluids and the photosynthetic tissue needed to produce energy , Lawn and Garden Care - Simple Tips For Success for plant , Growing Orchids In Greenhouses, Can You ? growth. Some plants , Landscaping 101 will show no adverse response to aphids, while others react with twisted, curled or swollen leaves or stems. Aphids also transmit many plant , With Outdoor Lighting You Can Enjoy Your Garden Into The Evening Hours diseases from one plant , The Heralded Teak Furniture Manufacturer: Kingsley-Bate to another. Apart from aphids, ladybugs eat a variety of other insects and larvae including white , The Heralded Teak Furniture Manufacturer: Kingsley-Bate flies, mealy bugs, spider mites, and other types of soft-bodied insects. They also require a source of pollen for food , Planting Trees and Shrubs and for that reason are attracted to certain types of plants. , Landscaping Tips: 6 Basic Steps To Building A Garden Pond Their preferred plants , Discover the Single Most Important Trick to Overwintering Pond Fish have umbrella shaped flowers , Themes of Shade such as dill, fennel, angelica, tansy, caraway, cilantro, yarrow, and wild carrot. Other plants , Patio Enclosures that attract ladybugs include cosmos (especially the white , How To Choose The Right Lawnmower For Your Garden Lawn ones), dandelions, coreopsis, and scented geraniums. If your garden , May ing Tips for the Southwest does not have adequate space to plant , Free Concrete/Hypertufa Mixer Plans ladybug attracting plants, , ing Trees and Shrubs you can purchase ladybugs from numerous websites on the internet , Selecting Outdoor Benches and most nurseries. Before releasing them into your garden, , May ing Tips for the Southwest here are a few tips , The Heralded Teak Furniture Manufacturer: Kingsley-Bate to help ensure that the ladybugs stay where you want them: 1. Release ladybugs near infested plants , Organic Gardening - A Growing Trend after sun , Landscaping Tips: Boost Energy Efficiency with Shading Trees down or before sun , Properly Watering Hillside and Sloped Landscaping up. They navigate by the sun , Landscaping 101 and are most likely to stay put in the evenings and early mornings. 2. Water , Fleur De Lotus: Purity in a Sullied World the area where you are going to release the ladybugs. They will appreciate the drink and the moisture , Lawn Tractors Were Never a Chore on the leaves will help the ladybugs to "stick" on the plants. , Why a Flower Bed Should Look Bare When You First It If released in a dry garden, , Flower in Urban Environment the ladybugs will most likely fly off in search of a drink instead of sticking around to eat. 3. In the warmer months, chill the ladybugs in the refrigerator before releasing them. This will not harm the ladybugs and they tend to crawl more in colder temperatures , Lap Pools Great Exercise Inside Or Any Size Backyard rather than fly away. Another way to attract ladybugs to your garden , Unique Flowers make a memorable gift! is to place , Landscaping Tips: 6 Basic Steps To Building A Garden Pond several ladybug habitation boxes around your garden. , Lawn and Care - Simple Tips For Success Fill the boxes with organic , Lawn and Garden Care - Simple Tips For Success material such as peat or compost , Miniature Roses to encourage ladybugs to roost and lay eggs inside , Miniature Roses the box. In addition, the habitation box also provides protection for the ladybugs in the winter , Lawn and Garden Care - Simple Tips For Success months. To further promote ladybug populations, consider cutting back on spraying insecticides in your garden. , Planting Trees and Shrubs Ladybugs are sensitive to most synthetic insecticides and if the majority of their food , Mole Myths: How Can I Get Rid of the Moles Destroying My Yard? source is gone, they will not lay their eggs and therefore will not continue to populate. Here are some interesting ladybug facts: - There are nearly 5,000 different kinds of ladybugs worldwide , Store Your Outdoor Furnishings to Make Them Last and 400 which live in North America. - A female ladybug will lay more than 1000 eggs in her lifetime. - A ladybug beats its wings 85 times a second when it flies. - A gallon jar will hold from 72,000 to 80,000 ladybugs. - Ladybugs make a chemical that smells and tastes terrible so that birds , Planting Trees and Shrubs and other predators won't eat them. - The spots on a ladybug fade as the ladybug gets older. - Ladybugs won't fly if the temperature , How to Grow Sweet Corn is below 55 degrees Fahrenheit. - The ladybug is the official state insect of Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Tennessee. As you can see, the ladybug is one of the most effective and economically important insects to have in your garden. , 6 Factors that Directly Decide the Landscaping Design of a Home In some cultures, seeing ladybugs in gardens , Fleur De Lotus: Purity in a Sullied World indicates a bountiful harvest, an indication of good weather , Outdoor Furniture: Exploring the Benefits of Teak or a good luck omen. Create an alluring environment , Lawn Tractors Were Never a Chore for ladybugs and they are sure to provide charm and pest , Selecting Outdoor Benches control in your garden , Selecting Outdoor Benches for years to come.Lesley Dietschy is a freelance writer and the creator/editor of The Home , How to Build a Waterfall For Your Garden Pond Decor Exchange and the Home , Lawn and Garden Care - Simple Tips For Success & Garden , Feng Shui in the Exchange. 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