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points by lovich 2 days ago | 0 comments

The site looks like it got hugged to death.

I’m on the monarch migration path and had wild milkweeds with monarch butterflies for a few years but the last 2-3 years oleander aphids exploded in population and I’ve seen a single caterpillar since.

Are there ways to mitigate that while not killing the monarchs or am I just shit out of luck?

[–] ortusdux 2 days ago

I release ladybugs every year and that seems to help. You can buy them online if they are hard to find locally.

[–] macintux 2 days ago

The ones available online are from the western U.S.; depending on where you live, that may be counterproductive to the locally native species that are struggling.

[–] kulahan 2 days ago

Grow some yarrow, dill, or sunflowers and get ladybugs to lay their eggs all over your garden naturally, and I imagine you'll start to see much better results! Larval stage ladybugs are significantly more ravenous than their adult forms.

[–] dang 2 days ago

I've replaced the top link with a different URL that's currently responding, and moved the submitted URL (https://blog.cwf-fcf.org/index.php/en/tiny-tracking-tags-for...) to the toptext. Thanks!