Of Ladybug , Virgin's Cow, And ... Devil's Chicken?!?
Many gardeners know that ladybugs are wonderfully beneficial in the garden and can eat incredible quantities of those BAD aphids. If you would like some ladybugs for your garden, order some up! But before you do, please take a minute to read this ... [... more]
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The Very Lazy Ladybug: A Pop-Up Story
 Very nice to read and to hold! The previous reviewers have already described the story very well so I won't add to that. I just want to describe the excellent way in which this book was built which is something you really can't tell from the Internet. ... [... more]
CDN$22.95
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Are You a Ladybug?
Have a taste for aphids? If so, maybe you are a ladybug. The authors trace a ladybug's life from egg to maturity. Good information for primary grade insect reports. Large print and illustrations on lots of white space. The illustrator does much better ... [... more]
CDN$7.50
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Ladybug's Birthday
Ladybug's Birthday Since I am an elementary school teacher, I always buy my nephew theme presents for his birthday. I happened upon this book while looking for an offbeat fiction book about ladybugs. It was surprisingly entertaining. The plot is very ... [... more]
CDN$3.42
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The Grouchy Ladybug
Repetition, repetition, repetition.... After reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar to my son enough times to have it memorized, I bought this book thinking that it would be a nice change, and expecting The Grouchy Ladybug to have a moral somewhere along ... [... more]
CDN$9.99
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Ten Little Ladybugs
Cunning little 3-d ladybugs in a singsong book This is the most jazzed-up version possible of the classic rhyme about ladybugs! So here's the scoop: Ten Little Ladybugs is a board book with bright red, yellow and orange plastic ladybugs permanently ... [... more]
CDN$13.95
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Ladybugs
A superbly crafted and presented book for young folks Wonderfully written and charmingly illustrated by Mia Posada, Ladybugs: Red, Fiery And Bright is an educational picturebook especially designed to entertain and inform young readers. Its rhyming verse ... [... more]
CDN$19.95
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Three Beneficial Insect Types
Red shelled with black spots. Don't confuse with the Potato bug with the same coloring and spots. Potato bugs usually have blotchier spots and not as round. They are bigger than the normal ladybug and they eat your garden. Larvae are black with ... [... more]
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Bad Bugs? Good Plants!
But wait! Before reaching for the pesticide spray, why not enlist Mother Nature's help with the little pests. There are lots of insects that are beneficial in your garden because they are natural predators of the bad guys. Attract ladybugs, ... [... more]
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Organic Solutions For Common Spring Pest Problems
So, the moral of the story? If you have an aphid problem and have been following an organic program, the ladybugs will most likely show up on their own. If not, you can purchase ladybugs in many home and garden ... [... more]
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Aphids
Natural predators include humans via hand picking, water spraying, and insecticidal soaps. Also, ladybugs feast on aphids in huge quantities in their larvae life stage. Aphids protect themselves from non-human predators by curling leaves around ... [... more]
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Pear Psylla
Controls include ladybugs. Attract them by planting Dutch or perennial crimson clover varieties or alfalfa. On the West Coast, the a natural control of the psylla is the parasitic wasp, Trechnites psyllae, which lays its eggs in the psylla nymph, ... [... more]
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