after i sprayed the one apple branch with the lemon juice and water i thought i'd better go have a lookie-loo and see if i'd killed any of the dastardly aphids.. and look what i found!!! not only those 2 frisky ladybird beetles but some other multiple legged critters...
below is a rather hairy little fellow, don't you think!!
and this wee spider seemed to mimic the wee honey ants that were tending to the aphids.....
this larger ladybird beetle had tucked himself/herself into this leaf...nothing like nature's own 'fly-in restaurant' !!!
while i was shooting pictures of the other critters these two little ladybugs wandered all over the one branch and ended up in this coiled aphid filled leaf... i'm hoping that copious amounts of eggs will be deposited here...and my aphid issue will be eaten away... i'm not going to spray the apple tree branch again but will keep a watchful eye for more tent caterpillars and carefully dispose of them....
as for the aphids which i'd sprayed earlier, they did seem to be less but the ants were busy busy milking them so we shall see....
i found this great short video on aphid farming...
and in my hunt for ladybug 'stuff' i found this very cute website page, with a poem i like.. i'm not sure who wrote the poem but it so fits my thoughts on Ladybugs...
Lovely little ladybug,
sent from heaven above,
please watch over my garden,
and fill it up with love.
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