We unpack this eyebrow-raising pest control hack.
into their home. My initial reaction was something along the lines of, “Oh my gosh, why would you do that?!” Growing up, hundreds of ladybugs moved into our house every winter, swarming the windows and forming little clusters in the corners of every room. In response, my family spent aof the house. To watch someone release them indoors on purpose? It just seemed wrong!
Digging a little further, I found a number of houseplant enthusiasts who swear by the practice, regularly setting hundreds—sometimes thousands—of ladybugs free in their homes in the name of… pest control. Obviously, I had a lot of questions: What, exactly, do they control? Do you really need that many of them? And, most importantly, does it actually work?! I reached out to a few bug and gardening experts for answers—here’s what they had to say.
“Lady beetles are part of a healthy outdoor ecosystem that helps to manage aphid populations in certain settings,” says, Horticulture Program Team Director at Clemson University. “Lady beetles and their larvae will consume many soft-bodied insects including thrips, mealybugs, and some scale insects.”
There are lots of different types of ladybugs—in fact, more than 5,000 species exist around the world—and different kinds can help manage various pests: “There are multiple species of lady beetles,” says Tanner. “Some, like the multicolored Asian lady beetle, are generalist feeders, meaning they’ll consume multiple different species of insects, while others specialize on particular groups of insects.
There’s no denying that these bugs are useful to have around your garden, but in your home? That’s a different story.
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