What are these they are everywhere in my greenhouse?
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- Thread starter rebelgrower3
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aphids
Kinda what i figured. Well I'm releasing 1600 ladybugs tomorrow in there hope they do their thing.
yes they should eat them, just make sure it is warm enough in there for the ladybug, if it gets too cold they will die
It stays around 60 at night and about 80 during the day they should be ok shouldn't they.
I prefere Aphid wasps.
More fun to watch and more effective.
There are several Utube videos...
No larva skins everywhere and wasps can find aphids on other stuff and come back when/if you get another attack.
Ladybugs for me migrate too much.
Wasps follow the aphids.
For me,wasps came back when needed.
1 release lasted me several years,even though they were released in my kitchen at first.
Outside AND inside I haven't seed an Aphid in years.
I've seed several mummies,but no aphids.
BUT I don't have a winter here...
More fun to watch and more effective.
There are several Utube videos...
No larva skins everywhere and wasps can find aphids on other stuff and come back when/if you get another attack.
Ladybugs for me migrate too much.
Wasps follow the aphids.
For me,wasps came back when needed.
1 release lasted me several years,even though they were released in my kitchen at first.
Outside AND inside I haven't seed an Aphid in years.
I've seed several mummies,but no aphids.
BUT I don't have a winter here...
Aphid wasps just come by naturally here. Ladybugs and Mantis also, but they always show up a bit after the aphids have already been feasting on my plants for a while. So I buy a couple boxes of Ladybugs early in the season and release them in waves over several weeks...by the time I get through them their larvae have hatched and the wasps show up...the aphids are gone in short order. Good luck! Sounds like you've got a prime environment for ladybugs in there.