What Do They Eat?

Ladybugs are the organic gardeners best fried. Ladybugs have a huge appetite and will rid your garden of those pests that dine on your flowers and vegatables. If you have ladybugs in your garden then you know there is food. A ladybug will lay their eggs close to a food source, so that there young will have a better chance of finding food. So, what do ladybugs eat? A Ladybug’s main source of food is aphids, but commonly eat mites, mealybugs, armored scale, pit scales, and many other less known Scale insects that are generally to small to easily see with the human eye. In general Ladybugs do not make good pets due to there diet.

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