Anyone else out there bred ladybugs before?

[Farom]

If so, how did you keep the newly hatched larvae and what did you feed them? Ive got my first hatchlings, and i plan on feeding them aphids for now..but eventually I will need an alternate food source. I will probably use fruit fly pupae, but may also order some silkworm ova...

Anyways, just wanting to hear your guys experiences with them.

Thanks,
Andrew

 

[Darwinsdad]

I personaly do not but my walls are rather good at it.

 

[jarrell]

cool you breed ladybugs. do you use them to protect your self from pest.
pine bark adelgid and red pine scales are food they eat in wild.

 

[Dark Raptor]

Aphids (Aphidoidea) are the best food for most species. I've kept some european ladybugs (Adalia, Coccinella and Anatis). They don't need special terrarium and prefer "normal" temperature ( 20 - 25 C).

 

[Stylopidae]

If the whole friut fly pupa thing doesn't work out, aphids breed pretty quickly. I'm planning on starting a culture on some of my house plants sometime next year so I can feed spiders.

 

[jarrell]

can you post a link
please

 

[Stylopidae]

I don't really have a link, but aphids are parthenogenic so I figure as long as they have enough food, they will continue to reproduce.