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where to buy ladybug/ladybird beetles in Canada?

I just discovered that my indoor plants have a bunch of aphids running around. I would like to take care of this problem with some predator ladybugs/ladybird beetles, except i cant seem to find any retailers in Canada. Does anyone know of any?
 
LUCKYDOG said:
You are not going to do it inside are you? Just curious after seeing that they are indoor plants.

Yes they are indoor plants. They are contained in a 4' wide, by 2'deep, by 6 foot high grow cabinet with an intake fan and an exhaust fan for air circulation. I plan on releasing maybe 50 of them into the cabinet, and then releasing the majority of them on my outdoor plants. I also ordered the ladybug food, so I will spray some of that on the cabinet plants as well as on the outdoor plants. If for some reason the indoor ones don't survive, I am hoping that the ones released on the outdoor plants will stick around so I can capture a bunch and keep re-releasing them inside until the aphids are gone.

I found one little lady bug about a month ago and i put him in the cabinet and it hung out for about 2 weeks, then i lost sight of it.
 
you can keep lady bugs in your refrigerator for up to a month, so you really should keep some back to let go inside at least 2 times.
 
ACCKK I hate aphids!!! You can spend hours killing them in hopes to get them all or use the nest best thing ladybugs! I'm sure they'll do the job for you so good luck!! But just don't count on them sticking around in your outdoor garden, I got 2000 of them when I discovered aphids and the next day I couldn't find a one around even though I put water on the plants and invited them to hang for awhile:)

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