Today more and more gardeners are choosing more earth-friendly methods of pest control. One solution is to introduce live ladybugs to your garden. They're not interested in what you've got going on, but they will be intensely interested in the predatory bugs floating around. Ladybugs love to eat nasty aphids, beetles, weevils and mites!
Arbico Organics live ladybugs have been endorsed by numerous green blogs, such as www.idealbite.com, www.goorganicgardening.com, www.smart2begreen.com, www.organic-eden.com and www.organicgardeningbloghowto.com, to name a few. According to the Arizona Daily Star, Arbico Organics is the only company in the world that produces ladybugs.
"Natural pest control is a growing business," says Pamela Martinez from Arbico, the 22-year-old, Catalina-based company. She adds that they do ship these "tiny terminators" around the world, although live bugs cannot be sent to Hawaii.
The only real downside to buying live ladybugs is that some people feel this may upset nature's balance. An overabundance of ladybugs will send them packing: they'll be in search of food and you'll be in search of the money you've lost.
Even so, the ladybugs make ideal predators. You won't have to worry about them succumbing to other predatory garden pests. The bright color warns others that they look like an unsatisfying meal.
They can release a bad smelling and orange-tasting chemical when stressed, which other predators find downright revolting. Ladybugs have also been known to play dead and even bite! (But don't worry because humans can't feel their tiny mandibles at all.) To order ladybugs of your very own, visit www.arbico-organics.com.
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