Where Are All The Ladybirds?

Good point not seen 1 all summer booo hooo.

 

There's a few around down here, we might get a population explosion later on, anyone remember 1976? So many of them that tents were collapsing under the weight of them, and they were biting as the heat was making them expand inside their shells & driving them mental.

 

I cleared some borage yesterday and was happily chucking it behind me into a small heap when I realised there were some ladybirds on it. I only found 4 but I put them back onto some nearby plants. Hopefully they'll find plenty to eat.

 

Good point Bilbo I haven't seen any this year either!!!! not many greenfly either what there are are being rapidly eaten by the huge amount of young bluetits

 

Haven't seen a single ladybird, nor any aphids, only 3 honey bees and no grasshoppers yet.

 

We've had a definite increase in bees of most species this year and the butterflies are doing really well to, we've had an amazing number of different species this year, very encouraging Also got more dragonflies flitting around too, along with quite a few lacewings and hoverflies

Sadly still no sign of the ladybirds or grasshoppers

 

Just been into the garden and counted no fewer than 17 ladybird larva on my compost bin lid!!!, still not seen any adult ladybirds and I've been looking regularly, so still a bit puzzled as to where these guys have come from but I'm not complaining that's for sure

 

I saw my first ladybird today only a little 7 spotter but its a start

 

Been out searching in the little "wild garden" but no sign of any here yet,
Jenny

 

I saw one red//black one on the 2nd of this month and one yellow/black one on the 6th of this month. That's my total so far.






Both were smaller than usual too.

 

I have seen no Ladybirds this year, the better half says she has seen one! Apart from a few black fly and white fly , I haven't had any aphids, this year, perhaps that is why no ladybirds.

Steve

 

Look I've found one!!!!

 

Finally saw 1 on my Cosmos yesterday, and a Black and Red one down by the Marina. But 2 in a 5 mile radius is sorrowfull. (there may have been more, but whilst at the Marina I looked and looked then looked again).