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Beneficial Bugs

Specifications at a Glance:

  • Ladybugs (Hippodamia convergens) help control aphids, whitefly, spidermites, and mealybugs
  • Mantises (Tenodera aridifolia sinensis) eat aphids, beetles, grasshoppers, caterpillars, moths, mosquitos, and other insects

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Beneficial Bugs

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1500 Adult Ladybugs - Item #05-239

$16.95
Qty.   

Praying Mantis Eggs - Item #05-254

$17.50
Qty.   

Hungry Ladybugs and Mantises Devour Insect Pests

Ladybugs and praying mantises are voracious predators of many garden insect pests, including aphids, whiteflies, spider mites and mealy bugs. We'll send you approximately 1,500 adult ladybugs or an egg case of 200-300 praying mantis eggs — each adult will eat several times its weight in insect pests, daily!

  • Beneficial bugs are a safe, natural pest control
  • Orders are shipped from March to November, depending on weather conditions
  • Sorry, no shipments to AK,HI,PR,VI,AP
  • Faster shipping is not available for this item.
  • Please provide a physical street address for delivery.
  • Would you like to specify a delivery week? Call us at 1-888-833-1412 to place your order!

REVIEW SNAPSHOT®

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Beneficial Bugs
 
3.8

(based on 115 reviews)

80%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

  • Eco-friendly (90)
  • Safe (83)
  • Organic (69)
  • Easy to apply (60)
  • Effective (54)

Cons

  • Inefficient (10)

Best Uses

  • Bugs & insects (84)
  • Garden (59)
  • Lawn care (3)
    • Reviewer Profile:
    • Avid gardener (74), Getting started (24), Master gardener (15)

REVIEWS

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5.0

i would buy thi product again

By bluebabe

from St. Louis Mi.

About Me Getting Started

Verified Buyer

Pros

  • Easy To Use
  • Eco-Friendly
  • Effective
  • Long Lasting
  • Organic
  • Safe

Cons

    Best Uses

    • Bugs & Insects

    Comments about Beneficial Bugs:

    used to kill spider mites on my buds

    (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

     
    1.0

    Eggs didn't hatch

    By Tucker

    from Pittsburgh, PA

    Verified Buyer

    Comments about Beneficial Bugs:

    I set up both eggs in a terrarium. It's now been 8 weeks (and almost fall...) and the eggs still haven't hatched.

     
    5.0

    Great Experience for ALL but the Insects

    By Irish

    from Safety Harbor, FL

    About Me Avid Gardener

    Verified Buyer

    Pros

    • Easy To Use
    • Eco-Friendly
    • Educational
    • Effective
    • Fun
    • Organic
    • Safe

    Cons

      Best Uses

      • Area under a birdcage
      • Being Green
      • Bugs & Insects
      • Educating others
      • Gardens

      Comments about Beneficial Bugs:

      I order these becuase I love Lady Bugs - they bring you good luck.
      I used them to take care of any insects around the gardens.
      I invited children and granchildren to participate in putting the lady bugs out in the yard. We also released the lady bugs inside the large birdcage that covers the pool and deck area where I have my raised, self watering planters.

       
      4.0

      Arrived live and well

      By Sherry

      from Tennessee

      About Me Getting Started

      Verified Buyer

      Pros

      • Eco-Friendly
      • Organic
      • Safe

      Cons

      • Didn't stick around

      Best Uses

      • Gardens

      Comments about Beneficial Bugs:

      The ladybugs arrived alive (not a single casulaty found) and were released around the garden. Unfortunately, by the next day there was no sign of them. Not sure what I could have done to keep them around. Will have to think about it before I try again with them next year.

      (0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

       
      4.0

      Alive and Well

      By anythingbutsnow

      from Spokane WA

      About Me Avid Gardener

      Verified Buyer

      Pros

      • Easy To Use
      • Eco-Friendly
      • Effective
      • Safe

      Cons

        Best Uses

        • Bugs & Insects
        • Gardens

        Comments about Beneficial Bugs:

        The ladybugs all arrived in alive and well, I think in a package of 1500 there were only 3 that weren't alive when I distributed them in the garden. They do really seem to have helped with the nasty veg eating bugs in the garden.

         
        5.0

        Ladybugs

        By LB

        from Eugene, OR

        About Me Avid Gardener

        Verified Buyer

        Pros

        • Easy To Use
        • Eco-Friendly
        • Effective
        • Organic
        • Safe

        Cons

          Best Uses

          • Bugs & Insects

          Comments about Beneficial Bugs:

          Loved releasing all the little ladies, but forgot to put away our 4 pet chickens! I couldn't understand why the chickens were so excited until I saw they were eating my "girls". Ahhh!!

           
          4.0

          ladybug

          By Rebecca

          from Mt. Pleasant, SC

          About Me Avid Gardener

          Verified Buyer

          Pros

          • Effective

          Cons

            Best Uses

              Comments about Beneficial Bugs:

              I was impressed that all the ladybugs were alive when they arrived. They spent the day in the mailbox, so I was relieved when I opened the envelope. I was concerned that they all flew away after only two days. We did make the feeders with bamboo from our yard, so they did have those. I'm not sure why they flew away.
              I did buy the garden clogs and love those.

               
              5.0

              Ladybugs

              By Theresa

              from Leesburg, VA

              About Me Avid Gardener

              Verified Buyer

              Pros

              • Easy To Use
              • Eco-Friendly
              • Safe

              Cons

                Best Uses

                • Bugs & Insects
                • Gardens

                Comments about Beneficial Bugs:

                Using ladybugs on the hibisuc plants on the and mandivila's on the deck have prevented aphids, as well as the rose bushes -- I have had no problems with aphids this summer

                 
                5.0

                Ladybugs - hungry!

                By redone17

                from Brooklyn, NY

                About Me Avid Gardener

                Verified Buyer

                Pros

                • Easy To Use
                • Eco-Friendly
                • Effective
                • Organic
                • Safe

                Cons

                  Best Uses

                  • Bugs & Insects
                  • Gardens

                  Comments about Beneficial Bugs:

                  need lots of aphids/bugs around or feeders until they are established. packaged really nice and ALL of them were alive.

                  (2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

                   
                  5.0

                  Good stuff, with a tip to others

                  By DvW

                  from Oberlin, OH

                  About Me Avid Gardener

                  Verified Reviewer

                  Pros

                  • Easy To Use
                  • Eco-Friendly
                  • Effective
                  • Long Lasting
                  • Organic
                  • Safe

                  Cons

                    Best Uses

                    • Bugs & Insects

                    Comments about Beneficial Bugs:

                    Ladybugs - Many of you have complained about the LB's leaving asap. Take a small spritzer, add water and 3 tablespoons of sugar (small spritzer, about 16 ouncer), shake and spray down the LB's before you let them out. This will make their wings sticky and they won't be able to fly away for a bit. Also, prior to letting them out, do 2 things. 1. Soak your plants. 2. Soak a few hundred raisins and set them out in areas you want LB's to stay, just prior to letting LB's loose. As long as it doesnt get too dry, you will be successful in keeping the LB's. AND the kids will think its cool to do the things like use sugar water, and fat raisin, not to mention the fun of letting the LB's loose.

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