Baby ladybug season in the UK?

[homesick_american 1]

Has anyone else noticed a jillion itty bitty ladybugs/ladybirds in their gardens recently? We're overrun with them:

[Fandango 1,440]

Aww I used to love seeing them.

Btw, I'm sure that's one of your piccies...I've looked at your album...you've got a helluva knack there.

[homesick_american 1]

Aww I used to love seeing them.

Btw, I'm sure that's one of your piccies...I've looked at your album...you've got a helluva knack there.

Aww, thanks. I like taking pictures.

[Leney 0]

That's a gorgeous photo. Here in PA, my brother's back garden is swarming with them, so much so they got a "Ladybug X-ing" sign.

[PaulineA 1]

I looked at your photo album and you have taken some lovely pics there There are a lot of ladybugs over here in the US too (You probably know since you lived here, lol). Something I find strange though, I see them here in the winter too. I wonder how they survive through the cold. I haven't seen any in the UK during winter time, weird!

[JenT 0]

I used to think they were cute... not anymore. Infestations are prevalent here in the US and they are quite the nuisance.

Jen

[homesick_american 1]

I looked at your photo album and you have taken some lovely pics there There are a lot of ladybugs over here in the US too (You probably know since you lived here, lol). Something I find strange though, I see them here in the winter too. I wonder how they survive through the cold. I haven't seen any in the UK during winter time, weird!

They overwinter in our garden; we leave some herbaceous perennials untrimmed in the winter or we take the dead trimmings and scatter them on the flowerbed. In the winter if you look underneath...nothing but ladybugs. We garden organically as much as we can (we do spray the roses for aphids) and this is the payoff. :star: :star:

[no name 1]

isn't it ladybird?

[JenT 0]

Lady bird, lady bug, lady beetle... all acceptable.

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hse-fact/1030.html

[no name 1]

Lady bird, lady bug, lady beetle... all acceptable.

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hse-fact/1030.html

I know! But as HA is a Yank abroad, I wondered if she would call them what the Brits do....

[homesick_american 1]

Lady bird, lady bug, lady beetle... all acceptable.

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hse-fact/1030.html

I know! But as HA is a Yank abroad, I wondered if she would call them what the Brits do....

I switch between the two.

[PaulineA 1]

I looked at your photo album and you have taken some lovely pics there There are a lot of ladybugs over here in the US too (You probably know since you lived here, lol). Something I find strange though, I see them here in the winter too. I wonder how they survive through the cold. I haven't seen any in the UK during winter time, weird!

They overwinter in our garden; we leave some herbaceous perennials untrimmed in the winter or we take the dead trimmings and scatter them on the flowerbed. In the winter if you look underneath...nothing but ladybugs. We garden organically as much as we can (we do spray the roses for aphids) and this is the payoff. :star: :star:

That's cool, you can see them all year round then.

[homesick_american 1]

I looked at your photo album and you have taken some lovely pics there There are a lot of ladybugs over here in the US too (You probably know since you lived here, lol). Something I find strange though, I see them here in the winter too. I wonder how they survive through the cold. I haven't seen any in the UK during winter time, weird!

They overwinter in our garden; we leave some herbaceous perennials untrimmed in the winter or we take the dead trimmings and scatter them on the flowerbed. In the winter if you look underneath...nothing but ladybugs. We garden organically as much as we can (we do spray the roses for aphids) and this is the payoff. :star: :star:

That's cool, you can see them all year round then.

Yep, but in winter they're not doing much. I should have taken a photo in February; I lifted up some dead plant material I had cut down in the fall and left on the flower bed and counted about 200 ladybugs underneath, so I gently put it back down. Little red dots everywhere!

[PaulineA 1]

I looked at your photo album and you have taken some lovely pics there There are a lot of ladybugs over here in the US too (You probably know since you lived here, lol). Something I find strange though, I see them here in the winter too. I wonder how they survive through the cold. I haven't seen any in the UK during winter time, weird!

They overwinter in our garden; we leave some herbaceous perennials untrimmed in the winter or we take the dead trimmings and scatter them on the flowerbed. In the winter if you look underneath...nothing but ladybugs. We garden organically as much as we can (we do spray the roses for aphids) and this is the payoff. :star: :star:

That's cool, you can see them all year round then.

Yep, but in winter they're not doing much. I should have taken a photo in February; I lifted up some dead plant material I had cut down in the fall and left on the flower bed and counted about 200 ladybugs underneath, so I gently put it back down. Little red dots everywhere!

Wow! I've never seen that many in the one spot before, it must have been nice to see. I used to love them when I was kid, I still like them now. Mind you, I used to love snails too, I would keep them in a shoe box outside with food in it, and holes in the box so they could breath. Kind of silly when I think about it now, lol. Good luck with your garden and your ladybugs!

[Mags 112]

Excellent little creatures for eating all those nasty, annoying aphids too.

I love 'em. They just seem so....cheery.