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I don't have many ladybugs but lots of ants, ground beetles and wolf spiders. The ants at work are... something. Makes me glad I'm not a beetle :)))
The wrens also love aphids. Going forward the plan is to get/make an insect hotel, hang bird and bat houses, a hedge hog house and stone and branches piles & the lawn gets left wild.
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The wrens also love aphids. Going forward the plan is to get/make an insect hotel, hang bird and bat houses, a hedge hog house and stone and branches piles & the lawn gets left wild.
Sounds great, I currently have wildlife of the larger variety - foxes. Am torn as they're great, but they make a mess..
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I really cant remember sorry. I was looking into it and from what I read very few people properly breed them in controlled conditions, these are fine. Some people just take larvae from the wild and can potentially introduce new diseases into local pop
I'll try and find the source
Either way its very expensive and they'll probably just fuck off next door, better to plant things that naturally encourage them into your garden