Today we learned about ladybugs. we started with this video called the lifecycle of the ladybug. We then went from there to watch a variety of other videos on them. we continued our study be reading this book which was suggested to me by another homeschooler. Excellent book at showing how God created animals to work together to create balance in the garden. it is NOT a Christian book, but the balance shown in it can be explained to show how God made the world in a way that works together. :)
ladybugs come in a cloth bag that you keep in the fridge. They need to be released within a month. We've done two releases now, and we're letting the rest of them go today.
I thought it was excellent timing on God's part when I was considering doing a study on Ladybugs (which we use for aphids control in our garden) that Schoolexpress sent me a free unit study on them. I am part of their email group and every Sunday they send me a new study unit.
picture of differently coloured ladybugs, courtesy of the lad. :) They are on a currant bush.
as we did this unit we kept popping outside to release our lady bugs. We purchased them for $20 from Ontario Growers which is located in London. We released some last week and all the aphids are gone off the current bushes which I think is WAY COOL. So now we are releasing them near the tomatoes and the rose bushes. Gotta get rid of the aphids.
Is it a permanent solution? No...but it's a helpful not have to do all this manual spraying method that not only benefits me but will benefit my neighbours as well.
Is it a permanent solution? No...but it's a helpful not have to do all this manual spraying method that not only benefits me but will benefit my neighbours as well.
released ladybugs
We didn't get everything done, but there's always Friday. :)
Before I forget, an update on our egg experiment.
see the large bubbles around it? most of the shell is completely gone now.
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