NaturesGoodGuys - Live Ladybugs -150 Live Ladybugs

Delivery took longer than anticipated but our lady's showed up and in good condition and got to work in our garden!

All are alive and already working. Had some thirp issues. Yes I released in my house gotta protect my investment. Lady bugs work great for pests.

Lovely little creatures....they went to work on aphids in my grow tent.

Central Texas is just being overrun by aphids right now. Something about the long, hot, dry summer or whatever. My crape myrtle and elm trees are acting like it's autumn in September, but they shouldn't be losing their leaves for another 2-3 months. Enter the ladybugs. They were delivered on a hot day, right on time, so I was able to quickly grab them off the porch. Packed in a ventilated cardboard box, with lots of great educational and instructional materials. The beetles themselves were well contained within a cinched cotton bag, filled with shredded paper or wood shavings or something, to keep things loose and airy for the 9,000 occupants of this cross-country journey. I followed the instructions and kept them in the refrigerator until I could spend the time releasing them. Over the next several days, I misted my infested trees with the hose to provide some refreshment to the dormant and no-doubt-dehydrated little soldiers. In one instance, I soaked a paper towel and released them onto that at the base of a tree. But for the most part, I just opened the bag a bit and hung it along the trunk of a tree for 10 minutes or so, as the bugs warmed up and began marching out in droves to explore their new surroundings. Indeed, they gathered immediately at the closest water source before continuing on their assassination mission. I worried that, as many reviewers share, they would simply fly away upon release. But none of them took to the skies while I observed them. They mostly just crawled out into the trees, sipped some water, and then got right to work hunting down the plentiful aphids. My kids loved wrangling them and letting the tickly insects crawl along their hands and arms. I continued this routine each day, sometimes in the morning, sometimes evening, until all of the live beetles were on their way. I say "live beetles," because yes, a whole lot of them were dead on arrival. I didn't count them or anything, but I would estimate maybe 50% survival when they got to me. I poured out a whole bunch of dead bugs on that first day, and after all was said and done, I still had a satchel full of desiccated beetle bodies. I ordered 9,000 of them, so I feel like even half that number alive should make a decent impact and [hopefully] multiply in number from there. It must also be said, though, that I'm a bit skeptical of the 9,000 number to begin with. Again, I ain't counting them one by one, but I can't imagine that I watched more than a few hundred at a time crawl out of that bag during each of my releases, no doubt adding up to a few thousand—but surely not nine thousand. In any event, I'm satisfied. And now several days removed from the last batch, I've been checking on their status around the yard, and while the trees aren't humming with little red ladybugs—and I do still have honeydew spots on my cars in the morning—I can identify ladybugs doing their jobs today in each of those trees. So at least some of them did stick around, didn't get eaten by lizards (yet), and are doing their best to munch those sticky tree pests. Hopefully their numbers will soon swell to overtake the aphid army and bring an end to this obnoxious infestation...for now.

If I could give zero stars I would.. half the lady bugs were dead upon arrival.. did everything on the directions.. next day all the lady bugs were dead… you can see them dead at the base of the plants… tried to get a refund and they want me to mail the product back! How do you expect me to do that?? Horrible… do not buy it… super expensive and not worth it…. Give me my money back….

I am overwintering about a dozen pepper plants and despite my best efforts they brought an infestation of aphids inside with them. I released these little friends into a netted box with my peppers and within a week my plants were looking much happier. If any survive the winter I'll return them to the garden this spring.

I bought these and more than half were dead upon arrival.

My ladybugs just arrived safe and sound. There were a handful that didn’t survive transport which is to be expected. The remaining ones were active and immediately started climbing around in my plants in the greenhouse.