Re: CULT: TB: Freeze and Aphids
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- Subject: Re: CULT: TB: Freeze and Aphids
- From: S*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 08:46:05 EST
From: StorYlade@aol.com
In a message dated 1/4/1999 9:39:27 PM Central Standard Time,
z88keys@mindspring.com writes:
<< >
Dear BEtty: Welcome to iris-talk. It is good to have you with us. One
might note that the ladybugs try to get indoors in really cold weather.
Lloyd Zurbrigg in Durham, NC.
>>
Dear Lloyd:
It's good to "talk" to you again. I' m glad to see you're on this list. It
beats waiting on robins.
It is true that ladybugs try and often succeed in getting indoors. Last
winter I found one crawling on the tray of my printer; however, I've not seen
more than a couple inside each year. Pretty good when you consider I lived in
an old farm house with lap siding. I did have a dozen or more on my front
porch. They didn't appear to be destructive. I did supply them with 2 acres
of irises (aphids) and a rich meal of various insects.
As a cancer survivor, I'm a little leery of chemicals. So many things are
carcinogenic. I was raised on a farm in Arkansas, and have little fear or
aversion to most bugs. I was looking through the Burpee catalog and was
amazed at how much the price of ladybugs and praying mantis has gone up since
I stocked up in 1987.
Betty in Bowling Green KY
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