Hm. Maybe I didn't yet have enough aphids for my ladybugs to remain in my yard? There was no sign of them by the next day. Not a single one. If I waited until my crepe myrtles were completely infested with aphids, well, the trees would already be ruined for the year. I see that this seller has some kind of food to put on the plants before you release the ladybugs, to keep them in your yard, so I wish I would have known about that beforehand. Also, the instructions said to refrigerate the bugs until you are ready to release them. I did that, but I made the mistake of letting them warm up - and perk up - before opening the bag the next day. The instructions did not say to release them when they were still asleep from the cold. They went nuts, swarming up my arms and neck. I just started frantically dancing around the yard trying to shake them off while also trying not to stomp all over them. Over all, it was a, um, learning experience, I guess. User error plus lack of instructions. Hope my neighbors are all benefitting from my ladybugs.

I have a hibiscus bush that was being destroyed by aphids. The ladybugs arrived in just a couple of days and the bush looks ten times better since I released them. Nearly all the yellow is gone, new leaves are growing, and it's already gotten two new blooms. Ladybugs were an easy, inexpensive, and long-lasting fix. They arrived very quickly and in good shape.

My Ladybugs arrived quicker than advertised by a week, They actually beat out 6 other amazon prime orders placed at the same time. I have ordered these before and use them in my garage for my coco coir garden. Some are killed by the grow lights but they live for many months and I've not seen and plant predators when using them. If You do however see other plant predators that the Ladybugs don't seem interested or capable of killing NaturesGoodGuys provides You with a color poster with a list of about a dozen common pests like flies, moths, and thrips with a list of predatory insects that kill them ready for ordering. This is absolutely the best solution I could find for insects. I'm always concerned importing insects or other living things from out of state but the alternatives such as pesticides is not a valid option in my book.

In addition to being good for your plants they are cute and not a bug that is difficult to handle. I'm grossed out my spiders and large insects but ladybugs are so well known to be safe to humans that I think its genetically imprinted into our DNA, haha. I do have what I assume are grass spiders or maybe wolf spiders living in my garage although I kill them when found I'm hoping that these guys eat all of the food these spiders might otherwise get. I've even heard claims from people on the web that given the chance ladybugs will eat any spider they can catch. I don't think they could kill the spiders as they are pretty large. Will update if these little guys manage to take out a wolf spider. Also I use these as a preventative measure no infestation required. You can keep the ladybugs happy with a small dish of sugar water for feed when no pests are available. I've put them in a small room and fed them nothing and they lived for months.

I also recommend looking into organic pesticides that are ladybug friendly. neem oil is what I use and the ladybugs seem undeterred by it.

I can't say that I've had much luck with getting the ladybugs to stick around for very long, but as far as the product provided is concerned, I can say that I've probably ordered these 3 times so far over the course of a year, and I don't think any of those times did any of the bags contain a single dead ladybug. In that sense, this is a safe bet if you're looking for lots of live ladies. If you want to help the chances of them sticking around for a while, consider buying or making a ladybug house for them and to attract other native beneficial insects. Do a search for 'ladybug house'. I haven't tried it yet myself but probably will next season.

I've probably spent half my income on amazon over the years and only recently started to contribute to the reviews that I depend on so much before making a purchase, for no reason other than helping others choose wisely.[...]

First, keep in mind that 1500 ladybugs is A LOT of ladybugs, haha. :)

Every once in awhile, my hibiscus gets an aphid invasion. Normally, I notice and clip the buds and flowers off and the problem stays manageable. Recently, I didn't and those darn aphids got out of control, then ants discovered the aphids and all their wonderful honeydew and moved in. My poor hibiscus started to suffer and it was just a bit of a mess.

Enter ladybugs. I have a son who is almost 4 and I thought that these would be great entertainment for him, as well as help get rid of our problem. The ladybugs showed up quickly and we put them in the fridge to calm them down. Then, we waited until just before dusk and started to release them by cutting one of the corners of the mesh bag they came in. We wound up putting them all over all of our plants since our area is relatively small and there were quite a lot of these guys. My son loved the ladybugs crawling all over and then seeing them eating the aphids and anything else that was attacking some of our plants (we also have some mini rose bushes, a small lemon tree, a small orange tree, some mint, and some peppers).

Within days, my hibiscus started looking a lot healthier and started to sprout more green leaves and healthy buds! Thank you ladybugs for saving my plants! :)

I think it's also important to note that I don't think there was even one ladybug in the bag that didn't survive the journey. I let most of them just crawl out of the bag themselves and had none left behind.