Raising beneficials! My son and I had great success raising butterflies, so I purchased him the Ladybug Land Kit also by Insect Lore. You can see a larvae on the paper and on the wall of the dome. We've only had them about a week and just yesterday they started hanging on the sides of the dome (the beginning of their pupal stage). In about 5 days we should have some beneficial ladybugs to release into our garden!
Friday, July 31, 2009
Aphids Beware!
Raising beneficials! My son and I had great success raising butterflies, so I purchased him the Ladybug Land Kit also by Insect Lore. You can see a larvae on the paper and on the wall of the dome. We've only had them about a week and just yesterday they started hanging on the sides of the dome (the beginning of their pupal stage). In about 5 days we should have some beneficial ladybugs to release into our garden!
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Very cool! I thought those lady bug larvae were dangerous creatures before I learned what they were. It's so cool to watch them go through all of their stages.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Right now they are all hanging from the sides of the dome. Any day now we should have beautiful little ladybugs. I should get out in the garden to see if I can find locations with clusters of aphids. The ladybugs will probably want a nice location to be released so they can find some dinner. Overall this has been a really fun activity for my 4 year old. Now he loves to try and say the word metamorphasis.
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