Ladybugs that are store bought are born with a "silver spoon", so to speak, in their mouths. They don't know what it's like to have to hunt for food. Wild ladybugs however work great for ridding your plants of spider mites, aphids and others.... Not only will you have better results with wild ones, you'll save money and have fun doing it. Plus, who is going to have to pick up and clean 1500 ladybug carcasus? The wild ones will even procreate in your grow space, if their food source is sustained long enough.... And you won't need that many either, two or three per medium size plant and five to ten for larger plants....

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Big fan of wild lady bugs.....