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[โ€“] pageflight@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I recently learned it's the larvae (little black and orange alligator looking things) that do most of the eating. We ordered ladybugs this year, most of them flew away, but they left little orange oval eggs on the back of a few leaves. When the larvae hatched, they demolished the aphids.

[โ€“] shalafi@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Well hell, did not know that! Thought the adults did the murder.