I have an infestation of sticky gooey tiny bugs that I think are aphids. Due to my laziness and aversion to working in the oppressive heat of north Texas summers, I’ve let things get out of hand in my backyard vegetable garden. I was cleaning up today and was happy to see an army of ladybugs eating their way though the bad guys. Now I’m wondering if I should hold off on spraying just to see how effective these armor-plated aphid eaters are. (I just recently learned that the larva stage of the ladybug are the ones that eat all the bad bugs, not the pretty round flying beetles we usually think of)
Yes–ladybugs larvae will naturally come help…with enough incentive, you can encourage anoles to your plots as well. Mulch, a clay pot buried into the mulch, water availability, and they have plenty of bad bugs to eat!
Now squash bugs just suck!