Re: Best place to buy ladybugs

On Fri, 16 May 2008 10:18:34 -0500, Omelet <ompomelet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Sam <standish22@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> I would like some ladybugs for my SMALL garden. 9foot by 5 foot.  I
>> have ants, so I assume aphids.  Where is the best place online to by a
>> small qty of them.
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>> Any tips for keeping them around?
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>Okay, so nobody else answered your question... I've seen them for sale 
>in various garden catalogues and I don't think it seems to matter.  I 
>bought some beneficial nematodes at random and have had very few fleas 
>since!
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>Let's try google:
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>http://tinyurl.com/5e5quo
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>Look thru the sites the search turned up and just choose the best price 
>with a LIVE DELIVERY guarantee. :-)
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>I got lucky and got mine for free. I went out to the employee parking 
>lot one night and evidently they were migrating! They were all over the 
>cars under the lights.
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>I spend two hours gathering as many as I could find...

How does one gather ladybugs?

Persephone