Welcome to the home of LadybugsForSale.com "Ladybugs For Sale" or up for Adoption, a place where you can adopt or buy live ladybugs (depending on seasonal availability).
Depending in the time of the year, our Ladybugs are either for sale or only up for adoption. That's because ladybug populations are quite dependant on the season, with much more population and ladybug density, based on the season. At this time there is a normal seasonal slowdown which results in no live ladybug sales but instead we offer ladybug adoptions. We will update this page when seasonal availabilty improves.
Please Note, At This Time of Year We Only Offer Adoptions...
With ladybug adoptions you will receive a Certificate of Authenticity which authenticity certificate will confirm your ladybug adoption, along with a color photograph of the live ladybugs you have decided to adopt, along with their names!
We specialize in the adoption or sale of live ladybugs from Arizona and The Valley of The
Sun. Arizona ladybugs are perhaps the most beautiful live ladybugs
in the nation.
Their great beauty may be the result of all the sunshine in Arizona,
what with well over 300 days a year of bright sunshine. It's believed
our
Arizona sun vividly brings out the red and black colors of the Arizona
Live Ladybugs. You may adopt our freshly "kid-caught" Arizona Live
Ladybugs by selecting the quantity of Live Ladybugs from Arizona you
wish to adopt, then clicking-on the Buy-Now button below:
Ladybugs are incredibly cool and charismatic and also
essential predators on farms and forests that keep the areas from
being overrun with pests like aphids and mealy bugs.
Ladybugs are also said to be lucky. According to tradition, your wish will be granted if you tell your wish to a ladybug and then gently blow it away back-home.
What do ladybugs eat? Ladybugs are predators.
Individual ladybug species may differ in their food preference, ladybugs
mostly eat crop-damaging insects such as aphids, but can feed on any
other small insect, spider or spider eggs. Some adult ladybugs occasionally
supplement their diet by eating pollen, nectar, or honeydew.
How many different species of ladybugs are there in US and the
world? There have been over 500 species of lady beetles identified
in the United States, and over 4,500 in the world.
How long do ladybugs live? After a female lays her eggs,
they will hatch in between three and ten days, depending on ambient
temperature. The larva will live and grow for about a month before
it enters the pupa stage, which lasts about 15 days. After the pupa
stage, the adult ladybugs will live up to one-year.
What are the best times and places to start collecting ladybugs?
The best time to find ladybugs is between May and October. The
best places to search for ladybugs is around lush plants and plants
like wild flowers, weeds, trees and shrubs are home to many ladybugs.
The best ways to collect ladybugs depends on the plants:
- For plants like grasses, weeds or flowers you will catch more
ladybugs if you use a sweep net. A sweep net is a tough cloth bag
on a metal ring attached to long handle. By sweeping your net back
and forth through the plants you knock ladybugs off and they land
in the net. If you do use a sweep net you will probably want to
divide into two groups with one group “sweeping” and
then dumping ladybugs into a bin or onto a sheet for the other group
to catch ladybugs and place in containers.
- For tough or woody plants carefully grab the ladybugs or tap into
a jar. Instead, lay a sheet below the bush or tree and “beat
it” gently with a stick or dowel and then collect the ladybugs
as they fall onto the sheet.
We will soon be offering additional interesting back-yard products,
plants, vegetables, fruits, square tomatoes, trees and outdoor services...
