The lady bug eggs on the asparagus ferns are hatching! Both inside ferns hatched today. I set one outside for a bit, but then it disappeared, I think it fell from the wind because it wasn't secured very well. Darn.
And, one of the outside ones, within a few hours after hatching almost all had disappeared! There was a larger grey/mottled beetle hanging around nearby, who I assume ate them.
So, I brought in another of the unhatched ferns inside. Total of two batches inside, with the plan to raise them for a few days until they're bigger, to give them a better chance of survival so they can get busy eating those asparagus aphids!
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