Ladybugs [Coccinellidae family] favor eating mites inside. So they may be solving mite problems when they suddenly are found behind window fixtures, drapes and blinds during the winter. Outside, they tend to favor aphids, mealybugs, scale, and spider mites.
Yes, ladybugs do eat basil. They are beneficial insects that feed on aphids and other pests that can harm basil plants.
Yes they eat most pests that destroy many leaves in gardens
Eat other household pests.
Ladybugs eat aphids and other pests that can harm and kill plants.
Ladybugs eat garden pests to help gardeners to grow beautiful plants without those ugly holes in the leaves.
Most species of ladybugs eat plant-eating insects and aphids are their favorite food. The aphids eat the plants, and the ladybugs eat the aphids. Then, larger insects and birds eat the ladybugs.
Ladybugs do eat yellow jacket larvae. They also help to take care of other pests such as mealy bugs, aphids, leafhoppers, and other crop-destroying bugs.
Yes, they do. They eat dried and fresh ( low acidic) fruits, aphids and small insects and pests.
Yes, ladybugs can eat breadcrumbs, particularly if the Coccinellidae family members in question are herbivorous. Ladybugs tend to be carnivorous and to specialize in such insect pests as aphids and mealybugs. Some species will eat pollen and therefore take better to such indoor food source options as breadcrumbs.
No, eight-spotted ladybugs do not eat grass. The insects in question may be seven-spotted (Coccinella septempunctata) or nine-spotted (Coccinella novemnotata) ladybugs. They number among the world's carnivorous ladybugs and therefore prey upon such garden pests as aphids and scale insects.
sort of a trick answer to a trick question...for the most part ladybugs do not eat leaves but eat soft bodied insects, but there are a few species of ladybugs that feed off of plants and are considered pests, such as the Mexican Bean Beetle..they feed on the green growing leaves of various plants Lar
No, Ladybugs (both adult and larval stages) eat aphids, they are carnivorous. Ladybugs are a good thing to have in your strawberry bed, they will keep the other pests in check!no