Lucas Nursery sells them right next to their registers :-)

Evelyn

Thank you Evelyn! I found a Lukas Nursery in Oveido, and I'm gonna try to get there when I get off of work. Just in case, does anyone know of anyplace besides Oveido?

Sun Harbor Nursery in Indian Harbor Beach has them. That is in the Melbourne area.

Our Home Depot sells them in the garden center at the cash register.

Thanks you guys! I'm gonna take my 10-year old niece with me to help me release them in the garden; we're making a "science project" out of it. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

I had one sitting on my shoulder while I was planting up bromeliads around my mailbox today. You may have to wait for cooler weather to find them at HD.

Busy Bee has them on US1 in Indian River County

karen,
your aphid problem really should clear up now... they tend to be pests only in hot, dry weather. spray them off with a hose, and given the cold temps we're having, that should do the trick... i'm not knocking the ladybug idea, just bear in mind that they have a mind of their own & there might be at least as good ways of dealing with the aphid problem.

what's growing in your veg patch?

An Ill-Mannered Ache: (geez, I hate calling you by that handle, it makes me sound so rude! :) I hereby dub thee AIMA. Well, I went to Oveido and got the ladybugs. Even if they all fly away it was worth the travel time and the twenty bucks to watch the fun my niece Tess and her friend Juliana had squealing and sprinkling ladybugs all over my yard!
I tried the "spray them off" method first, but most of the affected plants were just little seedlings; massed together and only a few inches off the ground, and hard to handle leaf-by-leaf that way. Then I tried Malathion, was a ditz about the directions, and killed a whole row of broccoli, cauliflower and cabbages; aphids and all.
In my little patch (it's all in spots and pots and little rows through my front yard; and fairly small, but on paper it sounds like a dang farm) I now have the old gang of zuccini, okra, bell peppers, tomatoes and eggplants (all soon to croak in the cold, but happy so far) along with the new kids turnip greens, red beets, bunching onions, red onions, rhubarb red chard, and broccoli.
I didn't buy one of those little "ladybug houses" that they sell for the bugs to hibernate in, but I hope they stick around anyway. They're so cute, and I think natural pest control is turning out to be way more my area than danged old Malathion was.

Karen for future aphid outbreaks you can spray with insecticidal soap. You can make you own from a bar of Kirk's Castile Soap (available at Publix). Use a wide mouth gallon container, put bar of soap in and pour hot water to fill. Stir until soap has disolved. Then transfer to a spray bottle.

Hi everyone! I am new to this but I need your help. I am looking for a place to buy ladybugs in the Lake Worth/West Palm area. I have aphids on my romaine lettuce and want them gone! I tried the dawn/water spray---will see how this works however, I still want to try the ladybug method. Plus as mentioned in a pervious post--my % year old would LOVE it.

Thanks for your suggestions.