Behavior of ladybugs

[ed84c]

Yes, but i prosumed gilded was refering toyou for somereason.

 

Sorry about that .

[Sayonara]

It's possible the smell of the cut grass attracted them.

 

It would be similar to the concentrated scent of feeding aphids (iirc, the aphid is basically a tube, and the sap is relatively unchanged once it has shot through it) and conceivably would attract ladybirds en masse.

[ed84c]

Or even the smell of ants, they eat aphid excrement (well thats not technically correct, but you know what i mean)

[YT2095]

have any of you ever seen a Ladybird "nest" the sort you make or buy yourself?

 

it looks like a bunch of straws or hollow bamboo, the LB`s nest inside them during the winter (I have a few dotted around my garden too).

 

it`s possible that the grass acts as a similar type of "Shelter" for them, and cutting it disturbs them.

 

it would disturb me!

[ed84c]

those nests attract white bees as well

[Gilded]

"it`s possible that the grass acts as a similar type of "Shelter" for them, and cutting it disturbs them."

 

The ones I saw didn't look very disturbed (except for the ones that golfers stomped on). It could also be that the whole golf area was full of ladybugs, and I only noticed it at areas of shorter grass. Though I can't remember seeing too many in the taller grass...