Freind or Foe????

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deejayw

Active Member

• Sep 28, 2007

• #1

Just wondering, I was checking my girls today and found a ladybird on one of my plants. I took it off and checked the rest and all was clear. Then a later I started to think did i do the right thing to remove it???

So it over to the experts "Are Ladybirds freind or foe"???? "to my grow"???

 

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deejayw

Active Member

• Sep 28, 2007

• #2

Forgot to say it's a indoor grow (in the shed) with a bubbler under a 400w hps and three weeks into flowering.

 

mondaypurple

Well-Known Member

• Sep 28, 2007

• #3

they're herbivores, so I'd take it off.

 

JohnnyPotSeed1969

Well-Known Member

• Sep 29, 2007

• #4

gotta love the over supply of misinformation on this site at times. actually, ladybugs are not herbivores, they eat things such as spider mites (which are herbivores) and are used quite successfully as pest control in grow rooms and gardens around the world.

 

Lacy

New Member

• Sep 29, 2007

• #5

Yep! Ontario had a problem with some tiny critters so the government flew in millions of ladybugs to keep down the population.
The only thing was, these little buggers bit. OUCH!!! But generally speaking ladybugs are friend, not foe.

JohnnyPotSeed1969 said:

gotta love the over supply of misinformation on this site at times. actually, ladybugs are not herbivores, they eat things such as spider mites (which are herbivores) and are used quite successfully as pest control in grow rooms and gardens around the world.

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medical.use

Well-Known Member

• Sep 29, 2007

• #6

LMAO Whats a ladybird? Maybe Ladybug or hummingbird? I'm sure the little guy is just trying to get high, leave him alone next time he stops by.

 

FilthyFletch

Mr I Can Do That For Half

• Sep 29, 2007

• #7

Ladybirds are the correct name but in the states usualy called ladybugs. They sell these to add to your garden they are a preditor and help control pests. It hard to find the good old native pink and black one since all the introduced japanees orange and black one here now but they get bigger and eat more and have taken over.Good guys though

 

bongo

Well-Known Member

• Sep 29, 2007

• #8

I like ladybugs,and my plants loves them too