Had an infestation of thrips on my monstera. I tried a couple of rounds of the insecticidal soap spray, but they kept coming back. I decided to deliver the final blow with nature. 🐞
I released a few in my apartment and then released the rest back outside. Grub up ladybugs!
by goxendine
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Heads up for next time, you really want the larva of ladybugs not the adults. These are also usually unethically sourced or non-native species. Outside they just fly away. Over all these are a scam.
Get lacewing larva for better results.
Oof, yeah these aren’t going to solve your problem. Lacewing larva are what you need. There’s a few options but the lacewing larva are ferocious ime.
Does anyone remember the post from someone who release hundreds of ladybugs in their apartment?! It was a few years ago
What happened?
In your house huh… Well, that’s going to be a whole new problem this winter 😂
You do realize that ladybug aren’t going to do much, it’s their larvae that eats everything.. so you’re going to be waiting for a while
Ya that’s not how you solve thrips lol
You’ve already received the useful advice so I’ll just add opportunity missed in your title; “Thrips started this war – me and my ladies will end it”
I do not recommend this course of action
Unleash the hounds 🗣️
(Yes ik they don’t help)
Ladybirds absolutely help with thrips, have done it before, will do it again
Its funny how it’s acceptable and available to buy several thousand ladybugs to release wherever you want for questionable bug elimination, but you can’t buy several thousand house centipedes for more effective bug elimination.
It would be the better prank bug too.
I’ve had several wars with house pests on my plants. Dr Doom ended all of them, for years, without harming the plants.
i had thrips once.
it made me learn one thing: i dont have time to experiment with 20 different solutions to a problem that all may or may not work in order to not harm any plant or whatnot…while… the plants are pretty much all dying to thrips and i am on risk of losing an entire collection.
i ll just bring the chemicals and kill those thrips right away and be done. is that ecological friendly or a natural way of doing things? nope….
but it works. and it works fast.
and ever since i havent even seen a single thrips around, so i dont even need to use it in the first place
Nursery rhymes have taught me that this is a very slippery slope…
I ordered some Orius beetles yesterday after reading that they are the best bug against thrips. I found nothing about ladybugs for thrips, only that they are affective against aphids. But best of luck to you, let’s win this war!!!
Let us know how it goes!
I have my monsters a shower in the bath tube. I used dish soap I think. This was a year ago. Thrips were making the leaves go brown and had just three that were only brown at the edges . I cut off the brown edges and removed all the others. The shower slowed down the deterioration so although two of the leaves still yellowed and died it took a long time. One leaf is still there a year later but it photosynthezised enough to give 4 huge leaves this year. Eventually I can cut off the last remaining leaf I’d trimmed the edges off.
Im sorry to tell you but the thrips are way faster and dodge the ladybugs