Everyone has seen ladybugs in the garden and in the house. Ladybugs are those cute red bugs with black dots on their bodies. In the house, they are just trying to find a warm place, often in the ...

We all know that ladybugs are a vital part of any garden's ecosystem. Not only are they wonderfully efficient pollinators, but they feed on aphids and other less welcome visitors in the garden, ...

DEAR GARDEN COACH: I recently visited a nursery and noticed a product that attracted ladybugs to the garden. I am wondering what this might be and if it is safe to use. I would love to attract ...

Ladybugs in the garden are a good thing. Not only are these tiny red beetles associated with good luck, but they also have a big appetite for destructive garden pests like aphids, ...

Ladybug, Ladybeetle or Ladybird? According to folklore, insects were destroying farmers' crops in Europe during the Middle Ages. The farmers prayed to the Virgin Mary for help. Soon an insect came, ...

At this time of the year, aphids can be a serious problem in the garden. But salvation can arrive in the form of ladybugs. Ladybugs are actually beetles, not bugs. And while they are sometimes called ...

What’s known as the ladybug in the United States is called the ladybird beetle in the U.K. or lady beetles elsewhere. Entomologists prefer those names because ladybugs are not “true” bugs, in the ...

Armstrong Garden Centers in San Anselmo and Novato will hand out free packets of 150 ladybugs with every purchase, for as long as supplies last, on its annual Ladybug Weekend, April 23 and 24. The ...

“Ladybug, ladybug fly away home; your house is on fire and your children are gone …” It was a beautiful, warm, sunny morning as I opened my French doors and spied a ladybug resting on the doorsill.