Where do all the Lady Bugs go.

When I was taking down the tarps of the gazebo I found ladybugs snuggled into the folds.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Never really thought about bugs “hypernating” ... but it makes sense with the Lady Bugs. Growing up they were the ONLY bugs that I wouldn’t; scream in terror and bolt from. Maybe it was cuz they were pretty or called Lady Bugs.

My brother used to chase me around our yard with worms. And to be honest when I first started gardening would totally freak when I saw one (what gardening gloves are for!) ... I actually look for them now cuz I know they represent good rich soil. Silly, but I have to re-bury them to be sure they don’t “dry up”.

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Supposedly, you can take some of these guys and freeze ‘em yourself in the freezer. Then thaw them out in the spring.

I’ve been put on notice that I’m not allowed to perform any such biological experiments in our freezer.

-- Living on the square...Metro Detroit

ah… D… ah… I’m supporting that! No experiments in the freezer :)

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Yah, I SECOND THAT ONE!!! No freezer experiments that involve bugs :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Sheesh, sounds like I’m at home. Wait, I am at home.

I mean, geez, I’d use a zip-loc back to house ‘em. Not like I’d throw them en masse into the freezer with the ice cubes… :)

-- Living on the square...Metro Detroit

I think Scott puts his wood in the freezer to get rid of the bugs.. Scott?? Did I remember that correctly? And do you put the wood in bags?

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Two words here … OH MY!!! Seriously, wood in the freezer. LOL, Scott, your wife must L-O-V-E you. :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

I’m betting he has his own freezer in the woodshop…or sleeps on the couch.

-- Living on the square...Metro Detroit

I say bag up the Lady Bugs and lets see.

As long as it is not my house it should be a great idea.

-- Living on the level... Central Ontario...1.25 hrs from TO.......Zone 5a

Right on…I’ll go looking under the eaves for some bugs.

-- Living on the square...Metro Detroit

I walk the woods in the winter and turn over logs and leaves “just to see”. I find the most amazing things in the dead of winter. Quite an adventure if you dare. I found a red and black salamander, stink bugs galore, a daddy long leg spider and sprouts of all kinds of plants. Pretty fun, but hey I am a tomboy. I can’t get my glamour girl 4 year old to enjoy it yet though. Don’t figure.

-- wjl - 5a Indiana

that’s too bad that she wasn’t born with the bug bug..

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Ever think of a clear bug jar (holes poked in the lid of course) for your daughter? We used Mason Canning Jars. You can add leaves and other stuff too … She might think that is “cool” ...

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

My daughter is pretty funny. She loves to carry around frogs she gives names to but won’t bother with the bugs. I even got her to make a worm farm in a soda jar once. Another story is using the bug net in the pond to catch baby bluegill and baby bass. she kept them alive in the house in a fishtank for a month until one ate the other and I made her let the last one go.

I think she will get into it sooner or later.

-- wjl - 5a Indiana

Oh yah, if she is doing all that … bugs are just a “matter of time”! :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b