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One ladybird can eat up to 5,000 aphids in a summer.
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Ladybird Feeders
Ladybirds eat aphids (green fly and black fly. Unfortunately the sprays that we have used for years to kill our aphids has been killing our ladybirds as well.
It seems to make both economic and environmental sense to me to just encourage the ladybird population. To that end we have started to sell Ladybird Feeders.
We discovered this product and were sceptical so we tested it out. It is a simple device, two small bamboo tubes held on string that you hang on a low branch of a tree. Also included is a powdered mixture to which you add water to turn it into a paste. You spread the mixture on the inside bottom of the bamboo and let it hang. They are only €10 and available at any of the markets listed on the homepage.
In our experience, 24 hours later we had 3 ladybirds sitting on our tree around the feeder and within a couple of days we had loads.
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