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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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 Posted - 18/02/2009 : 07:57:25
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These ferocious looking creatures are good guys so if you see any don't hurt them. For those that don't know them, they are ladybird larvae and eat lots of aphids 
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
 Posted - 18/02/2009 : 08:00:34
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How cool, I never seen them before 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 18/02/2009 : 13:10:40
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Good one Gail..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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pitta
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 18/02/2009 : 13:57:52
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Love the larvae, have not seen it before
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 18/02/2009 : 19:01:15
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Do an image search for ladybird larvae and you will find quite a lot of different ones.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
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medburygardens
gardener
New Zealand
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Posted - 19/02/2009 : 03:22:24
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Gee you took a great close up shot there Gail.lots of those wee fellas around here thanks to them i dont get many aphids |
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 19/02/2009 : 04:50:05
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We hardly see any aphids around here either. If we do see them, they are gone in a day or two.
Thanks Richard but that wasn't a great shot as it is blurred. It wouldn't be so bad if the insects sat in a place that was easy to take a pic of instead of me having to lean sideways and balance on one foot or something 
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 19/02/2009 : 04:51:26
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Plenty of Mantis again this year, but very few ladybirds and NO aphids for the past few months, 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Look out for these ones - they are good guys