Live Ladybird Larvae x 50

The media could not be loaded. Arrived in 2 days, larvae were all alive (a little sleepy but soon woke up when I took them out) and I immediately put them on my aphid-infested lilies (I've quarantined them in a tank indoors so they can't spread onto other plants). I used the included paper bags to tip the ladybird larvae gently onto the lily plants, and I left the box open under the plants because some of the smaller larvae were still clinging to the box and I didn't want to risk injuring them by trying to pick them up. I watched for a few minutes to make sure they were all moving around, and then left them to it. 2 days later, I check them, most of the larvae are hiding in the leaves, but there are DEFINITELY far less aphids than there were. I watch closely for a while and I managed to catch one of the larvae, a little bit bigger now, eating an aphid (see video). The remaining aphids appear to be running for their lives as they are not settled eating, but rather moving around and upwards trying to escape the 50 predators. I'm excited to see the ladybirds pupate, and I might even have to get food for them as they're eating the live aphids so quickly as far as I can tell. Happier plants, happy ladybirds, happy me. (Not so happy aphids, sorry aphids.) Would definitely recommend this product. I'm not sure if it would be as effective outdoors, I've noticed some reviews say ants attacked the ladybirds because the ants would be farming the aphids and therefore protecting them. Definitely works if there's no ant guards though.

Don't waste your money.I did everything as described in the directions. Hardly any were alive. Maybe a dozen out of the 50 and they were gone in an hour or so after being placed. Aphids are still there though. Even bought the bug house for them.

This is a great product but I personally made the mistake of not killing the ants protecting the aphids before releasing the larvae. It does warn you about it in the instructions sheet of the product, but it was too late for me, as you only have one day or two to use the larvae once you receive them:The parcel was due to arrive in a week but it actually arrived the next day in a small envelope through the letter box. Inside there was a small box with shredded paper and lots of tiny larvae. They are really tiny things, smaller than an ant. They looked dead but they weren't, just sleepy. I took the time to lift each one of them carefully and place them onto the plants.However the ants quickly recognised the larvae, and went STRAIGHT to attact them.It has been more than a week now and most of my larvae are nowhere to be seen. I don't know if they are still there but hidden... Or they are not there anymore. And my plants are getting full of aphids.Also: you need a Plan B if you have a heavy infestation, because the larvae alone would not cope and by the time they grow into adults and reproduce, the aphids reproduce much quicker and they will spoil your plants.Overall, great product though and good service. Much recommended.

I didn't like that the larvae disappeared the next day. I grow alot of organic vegetables and i introduced my larvae to several plants in grow bags & vegetable trough planters. I wrote down how many i put on each plant or area and the next day, i could only find a total of 3 and only 1 of them seemed interesyed in eating aphids. It also rained overnight and the next day so i am wondering if this is the reason they disappeared or died. My plants were full of aphids like never before after introducing the larvae. I ended up having to get rid of 3 broccoli plants, 2 cauliflower & 4 kale. I have used neem oil spray, seaweed feed, water, prune & companion planting & even set aside 2hrs each day or eve to squish aphids. Now my plants are just riddled. I am hoping that the 3 ladybird larvae left work on my double bedded vegetable trough. I am praying. I am tempted to buy adult ladybirds as the aphids are just so time consuming & i dont think the ladybird larvae i got worked. I cant afford to buy much more as i grow veggies to feed my family & my in laws. Can you please give me advice.

I was hoping to write that "they came, they ate, they vanquished" but alas I must instead report that "they came, they sat, they vanished".The creatures arrived in a small, rigid-plastic container and the whole package was small enough to come through the letterbox. Inside the plastic box were many tiny pellets that were, I presume, some sort of food. There were also many strips of paper and amidst and upon the paper were ladybird larvae. I wasn't able to count the larvae but several were definitely dead and I reckon I saw at least 25 alive. It is quite possible that there were more larvae that I didn't see amongst the paper so I see no reason to doubt that there were at least 50 in the box somewhere.The larvae themselves were much smaller than a typical winged greenfly so I had to accept that they'd probably only be devouring baby aphids for the first week or so.The affected plants were three potted lupins and they were smothered in greenfly. I sprinkled the strips of paper and the ladybird larvae between the lupin stems and left them to it. For the first week I didn't see the larvae again but then I found one wandering around and about twice as big as when they'd arrived. Alas, by this time the lupins had collapsed and by the end of another week one lupin was dead above ground and the other two were clinging to life only barely. There were still plenty of greenfly, assorted beetles and some caterpillars but the ladybird larvae couldn't be found.To conclude: I ordered 50 ladybird larvae and they arrived mostly alive. They were scattered on plants thick with aphids. In the subsequent two weeks only one larvae was found and it was looking plumper than when it had arrived. I don't know what happened to the rest.

Excellent service from this seller aftersales are brilliant too.