Ladybirds flown home?

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Penelope Anderson

Joined: 21 Sep 2005
Posts: 326
Location: london

Posted: Wed May 10, 06 3:00 pm Post subject: Ladybirds flown home?
What has happened to ladybirds this year? Have they been put off by the late spring? I have been picking aphids off rosebuds by hand for a week now. Anyone know?

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45474
Location: Essex

Posted: Wed May 10, 06 3:02 pm Post subject:
Ours showed weeks ago, and then there was that sudden freeze. I reckon it must have wiped out loads.

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Wed May 10, 06 3:04 pm Post subject:
I've seen a few, but not many. Fortunately I haven't noticed any aphids yet either.

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Wed May 10, 06 3:05 pm Post subject:

judith wrote:

I've seen a few, but not many.
Fortunately I haven't noticed any aphids yet either.

Ditto with us.

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Wed May 10, 06 3:28 pm Post subject:
Bizarre. Our garden has been crawling with ladybirds, absolutely loads of them. The only plant I've had aphids on has been the venus flytrap (and yes, the stupid thing did go and eat a ladybird).

moongoddess

Joined: 24 Jan 2006
Posts: 673

Posted: Wed May 10, 06 3:29 pm Post subject:
we've got our usual amount as well......... mg x

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45474
Location: Essex

Posted: Wed May 10, 06 3:29 pm Post subject:
Cab who took that picture of you?

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Wed May 10, 06 3:32 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

Cab who took that picture of you?

I posed for that one years ago. Good likeness, eh?

(bonus point for the first person to name the exact species depicted)

otatop

Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Posts: 1425
Location: North London

Posted: Wed May 10, 06 3:34 pm Post subject:
I've got about the usual numbers

Bernie66

Joined: 14 Jan 2005
Posts: 13967
Location: Eastoft

Posted: Thu May 11, 06 8:14 am Post subject:
They are on my allotment. I am overrun. Its hard to dig without squashing them. Its a swarm.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45698
Location: yes

Posted: Thu May 11, 06 8:23 pm Post subject:
plenty ladybirds ,more aphids than last week .but as the lb's got in first they will probably both be in balance .

Treacodactyl
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism

Posted: Thu May 11, 06 8:49 pm Post subject:
Plenty of all sorts here. When I put my citrus out one arrived within a few hours to munch on the plum greenfly.

Penelope Anderson

Joined: 21 Sep 2005
Posts: 326
Location: london

Posted: Fri May 12, 06 8:29 am Post subject:
First thought was a mandrake root Cab, second some form of fungus, possibly a cep? And I have still got zero ladybirds.

Northern_Lad

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Posts: 14210
Location: Somewhere

Posted: Fri May 19, 06 10:49 am Post subject:

cab wrote:

tahir wrote:

Cab who took that picture of you?

...
(bonus point for the first person to name the exact species depicted)

Geastrum triplex?

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