Live Ladybugs (300 Live Ladybugs)

The lady bugs came sooner than the estimated date, which was a bonus! They came in a cute little box with holes on it for air flow, with a nice little paperback instructions. Delivered Fed Ex, another bonus! And all of them were healthy and alive! Thanks NatureGoodGuys

All bugs arrived healthy and ready to fly out of their enclosure. Packaging properly marked

All came alive and fast. Worth the shipping costs, just get 2 bags. Daughter having a blast watching them in our greenhouse.

I have been waiting to purchase these to try to help me with mealy bugs and aphids. Most were dead on arrival. Popped them right in the fridge but most were dead already. Maybe it was still too hot to order already? But that didn’t seem to matter as most were dead I doubt they made the trip in two days. I Did what the directions stated before their release in the evening. But by morning I only saw 1 alive and I put it directly on a sunflower that had aphids, and it seemed to walk right past them and not bother. I tried placing it multiple times and the aphids just kept hiding and the ladybug was not bothering. Even if the majority had survived I don’t think they even knew what to do. And they would try to crawl up the stem of a sunflower and fall down.

Central Texas is just being overrun by aphids right now. Something about the long, hot, dry summer or whatever. My crape myrtle and elm trees are acting like it's autumn in September, but they shouldn't be losing their leaves for another 2-3 months. Enter the ladybugs. They were delivered on a hot day, right on time, so I was able to quickly grab them off the porch. Packed in a ventilated cardboard box, with lots of great educational and instructional materials. The beetles themselves were well contained within a cinched cotton bag, filled with shredded paper or wood shavings or something, to keep things loose and airy for the 9,000 occupants of this cross-country journey. I followed the instructions and kept them in the refrigerator until I could spend the time releasing them. Over the next several days, I misted my infested trees with the hose to provide some refreshment to the dormant and no-doubt-dehydrated little soldiers. In one instance, I soaked a paper towel and released them onto that at the base of a tree. But for the most part, I just opened the bag a bit and hung it along the trunk of a tree for 10 minutes or so, as the bugs warmed up and began marching out in droves to explore their new surroundings. Indeed, they gathered immediately at the closest water source before continuing on their assassination mission. I worried that, as many reviewers share, they would simply fly away upon release. But none of them took to the skies while I observed them. They mostly just crawled out into the trees, sipped some water, and then got right to work hunting down the plentiful aphids. My kids loved wrangling them and letting the tickly insects crawl along their hands and arms. I continued this routine each day, sometimes in the morning, sometimes evening, until all of the live beetles were on their way. I say "live beetles," because yes, a whole lot of them were dead on arrival. I didn't count them or anything, but I would estimate maybe 50% survival when they got to me. I poured out a whole bunch of dead bugs on that first day, and after all was said and done, I still had a satchel full of desiccated beetle bodies. I ordered 9,000 of them, so I feel like even half that number alive should make a decent impact and [hopefully] multiply in number from there. It must also be said, though, that I'm a bit skeptical of the 9,000 number to begin with. Again, I ain't counting them one by one, but I can't imagine that I watched more than a few hundred at a time crawl out of that bag during each of my releases, no doubt adding up to a few thousand—but surely not nine thousand. In any event, I'm satisfied. And now several days removed from the last batch, I've been checking on their status around the yard, and while the trees aren't humming with little red ladybugs—and I do still have honeydew spots on my cars in the morning—I can identify ladybugs doing their jobs today in each of those trees. So at least some of them did stick around, didn't get eaten by lizards (yet), and are doing their best to munch those sticky tree pests. Hopefully their numbers will soon swell to overtake the aphid army and bring an end to this obnoxious infestation...for now.

Most of them arrived alive!

I have purchased ladybugs for years to use in my flower garden. I find these to be of low quality. I doubt that there were 150 ladybugs in the sealed in the bag if even 100. No, I did not try to count them and do not intend to do so. Their environment did not have the usual maintenance pieces for them to survive on as from other sellers. I am disappointed and will not use this product again.

I received my beautiful assassin's today. The aphids have no chance! Thank you so much for the above and beyond customer service. I am looking forward to purchasing more from your wondeful company.