DIY LADYBUG FARM - Build Your Anti-Aphid Army // Home Gardening Hacks

This week we finally get our hands on some Lady Bugs! We release them on our property to help battle our Aphid issue and also build our own Lady Bug Farm, to continue breeding them.
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[@Flowergurl2000]

Always water before the release and do it at night. For best results.

[@blankfaces256]

"and we will get to cutting away" *video cuts away to an advert* I took so much joy out of that haha. Great video

[@MyHumbleNest]

I am hoping we get a garden and bee update soon.

[@LovinofftheLand]

Hi Janet, Yes, our full property tour video will be coming up soon and will include all of our gardens and the bees.

[@bottomleftdrawer]

Do you have an update on the ladybugs?

[@SpudGirl]

Will I be able to keep them this way over the winter?

[@georgelaplante1129]

Live in Parksville. Good video I've bought ladybugs from our local nursery an released them in my raised beds and that was the last time I saw them. Lol after googled it I see that you have to make a home for them. My question is the ones that you released did they stick around.

[@jonharris7366]

Thanks mate :) Did they do the job as intended and did your LB's survive and breed in the container?

[@aris6745]

With rollie pollies/ isopod bins, I've heard people make breathable holes only on one side to give them a variety of dampness and add rehydrated sphagnum moss but I don't know if it'll be too damp if I do that!! also people who do terrariums seem to be very particular about the bedding, often adding charcoal, orchid bark, worm castings, and springtails, which I think is very cool! I kind of want to add some local moss and lots of other stuff like disinfected leaf litter (but I live in Canada where the leaves are quite big) and wood logs but I don't want to suffocate them!!

[@mattsteele2078]

Wow. Very cool. I'll have to give this a go

[@kevinchan5556]

Definitely going to try this. Thank you

[@theresalwayssomethingtobui944]

Oh this is a cool idea!

[@derafshkavian1016]

Beautiful!

[@fadthetic]

Thank you so much.

[@sandrakhalili1391]

Best results ever 😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

[@Kweetniet1984]

I use a natural sponge in it and make that wet for moisture

[@ErossaanBooming]

love it you made it so simple :D

[@abuhuraira7013]

ماشاءاللہ بہت خوب شاندار دل خوش ہوا الحمدللہ پانچ چینلوں کو سبسکرائب کیا ہے بالخصوص دینی چینل صدقہ جاریہ آمین یا رب العالمین اللہ نگہبان ھمیشہ خوشں رھو الله حافظ

[@goodisanoun]

How long did you keep him alive for? Indefinitely?

[@HalfCapHilg]

I couldn't stop thinking about the 5 gallon mayo bucket in the background

[@LovinofftheLand]

Lol. Yes, we get lots of those food grade buckets from our local restaurant. We find them great for lots of things including growing mushrooms 🍄

[@catladycatlady7359]

This video was released nine months ago. I don't see where you have done an update on the ladybug farm.

[@dorothyharrington7791]

Can I use a large mesh butterfly house to raise ladybugs?

[@LovinofftheLand]

Yes, I certainly don't see why not :)

[@splashmoney]

Where did you get that green house

[@HalfCapHilg]

I'm wondering the same thing haha

[@PrestigePotato]

Uuuuummmmmm

[@dorothyharrington7791]

What size tote are you using?

[@LovinofftheLand]

24 Litre, but I think we may upgrade to a larger aquarium we have this year

[@dorothyharrington7791]

Thank you

[@misterfreedom5699]

Update on the ladybugs?

[@LovinofftheLand]

Coming soon.... will have a second video coming out later this summer ☀️:)

[@Asian_Connection]

That is not 250 bugs in the bag. Maybe 70 bugs.

[@AMFITAMINT]

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[@carolyncarlon9870]

Technical question…aren’t they really Lady bird beetles (not bugs)?

[@brandonnoyes1364]

No

[@kristyoblen7004]

They are two separate beetles

[@jesseibarra5539]

You are correct there are lady beetles I would say you're a hundred percent correct

[@Plant_Parenthood]

Ladybug and Ladybird are common names that aren't that well defined. Many entomologists will use the term "ladybug" to refer to ANY insect in the coccinellidae family. They all have the same basic shape, but they vary a lot in size, colour, diet, etc. And I have heard some people using "ladybug" to refer specifically to the North American Ladybug (which are actually a few different species), and "lady beetle" to refer to the Asian ladybird (H. axyridis) So really, it depends on who you ask. If you want to refer to a specific one, it is probably best to specify "Asian lady beetle/bug" or "North American lady beetle/bug" But most of the time, for most people, there's not much need to differentiate between the two.