Lucy's Tips

7 Reasons why ladybugs are beneficial for your garden

Ladybugs are the most popular and widely used beneficial insects for commercial and home use. They eat aphids and other pests that infest your flower and vegetable gardens. Here are 7 reasons we are lucky to have ladybugs!

1. Ladybugs are an environmentally natural source to control plant damage
2. Ladybugs eat aphids, whitefly, mealy bugs, scales and mites, which all do damage to your garden
3. Ladybugs are inexpensive to buy (less than $10 dollars for pint)
4. Ladybugs are territorial and will stay within your garden throughout the warm weather months
5. Ladybugs are distasteful to other insect predators so they won’t disappear from your garden
6. Ladybugs take little effort or involvement from the homeowner. Just release them and they start to work!
7. Ladybugs are family friendly! Almost universally considered lucky, ladybugs are loved for their appearance and won’t scare children or bother adults.