1500 Pre-Fed Live Ladybugs for Aphid Control | Hippodamia Convergens | Guaranteed Live Delivery

I recently purchased the Buddy Bugs 1500 Pre-Fed Live Ladybugs for controlling aphids in my garden, and I couldn't be happier with the results! The ladybugs arrived on time and in excellent condition, clearly healthy and active. They got to work right away and have done a remarkable job reducing the aphid population in my indoor garden without the use of harsh chemicals. It's been a wonderful, eco-friendly solution. The guarantee of live delivery was reassuring, and Buddy Bugs certainly lived up to its promise. Highly recommend for anyone looking to naturally manage pests in their garden!

Active, healthy bugs, ready to eat my aphids!

Best supplier for live ladybugs with not one dead bug. Very active bugs went for the spider mites right away. HOWEVER, I don’t understand the packaging. Even the instructions say to reseal the bag and refrigerate in order to do multiple day releases, but the bag is completely unmanageable and unsealable once you cut it open. Ladybugs immediately dispersed everywhere and it’s impossible to do a controlled release. I managed to transfer them into a different ladybug container I happened to have, but not without losing many of them. My issue is also that I’m releasing them inside of indoor grow tents, so they are now all over my house because of the packaging and lack of control.

I’m genuinely impressed with this purchase. I didn’t think I’d be writing a review for ladybugs, but here I am. Not only did the little defense masters eradicate every plant pest I had, they are SO resilient! It’s been almost a month since I placed my order, and following care instructions I just released the last of them today. To my genuine surprise, there were maybe 15 or so dead ones out of the entire package. They do an excellent job as well seeking out pests that are harmful to your plants, and they’re fun to watch. Highly recommend!

it was disappointing to find many lady bugs were D.O.A. and once released, several more died. The shipping time for live bugs wasn't very speedy. They were in transit for 6 days from one west coast city to another. Adding up the cost of the ladybugs and shipping, I'm not sure it was worth it. Approximately 1/3 survived. I don't think I'll be ordering them again. Better to find them locally.

One and only problem I have, is with the Seller's description/instructions, they make it sound like the bugs can get out of the mesh bag by themselves. They cannot, the opening size if the mesh is too small. If they could, they would escape while they were in the mail. Then the mailman would have a mail truck full of ladybugs, because the shipping box has air ventilation holes.You MUST very very carefully snip open the bag when you're ready for them to be released in the garden/yard. They cannot come out of the bag on their own, they may not even climb out of the bag if you simply cut the bag open. You might even need to cut open the bag on 2-3 sides almost until it's almost completely open for them to finally leave the bag. Or, you can carefully fully cut open one end of the bag, squeeze the sides of the bag very lightly so the cut side pops opens more widely, and they we'll start to run out of the bag. You could also then SOFTLY shake them out, if they need a little help to get moving, or if they're just not simply moving fast enough for your liking LOLAlso, they won't live very long if you don't release them within a very few days! You can't feed them nothing but sugar water. They need to eat the aphids and other Leaf-sucking insects for protein, fats, and other nutrients!At my house, I always release all of them at the same time, because I have a lot of trees and shrubs and bushes that are prone to aphid invasion where I live. With the climate changing, my area, in recent years, has gone from a Growing Zone 8 to Zone 10- 11! And this past summer, I think all of my ladybugs got broiled to death in the heat waves.Other than this one complaint I have about the Seller not giving good instructions for releasing the ladybugs, I am very happy with them. I didn't have any dead ones in the bag, they are adorable, and I just love them anyhow. I used to have a zillion ladybugs every year, and larvae everywhere, but they have declined significantly and rapidly over the past 10 years, to where now I rarely had them this year at all. The only way we're going to keep the species alive is because of people who breed them, like this Seller.I also prefer these over the ones you can buy in the plastic cup at your local Big-Name Brand hardware store in the late spring or early summer when they have them available. The store doesn't take care of the ladybugs at all, and they just die.

Delivered before the expected date with only a few casualties. And they were fiercely hungry and did a great job eating my aphids. Hoping I created a habitat that they will enjoy for the next few months.

My only complaint is that there was not 1500 ladybugs in the package. I didn’t stop and count them but I’m gonna say 150 at best.