Ladybirds will eat pollen and nectar from flowers.
We had a couple the other week trotting around on a ceiling. I am not sure where we disturbed them from.
They are now in a marked container with holes in, in the garage with a few winter clematis flowers. Also a dampened piece of kitchen paper. They apparently can dehydrate and die, if it gets too warm for example due to our central heating coming on.
Dark is also supposed to be helpful too they are supposed to de hibernate around March. They both drank from the wet kitchen paper.
So not sure about a sugary water mix like we give to our Bumble bees in the winter if we find one caught out due to weather.
Depends if you can or wish to try and help them along if the weather is still iffy.
I have managed so far to remind myself to check on our ladybirds, both seem to have settled down and gone back to sleep. One very endearingly inside a clematis flower.
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We had a couple the other week trotting around on a ceiling.
I am not sure where we disturbed them from.
They are now in a marked container with holes in, in the garage with a few winter clematis flowers. Also a dampened piece of kitchen paper. They apparently can dehydrate and die, if it gets too warm for example due to our central heating coming on.
Dark is also supposed to be helpful too they are supposed to de hibernate around March.
They both drank from the wet kitchen paper.
So not sure about a sugary water mix like we give to our Bumble bees in the winter if we find one caught out due to weather.
Depends if you can or wish to try and help them along if the weather is still iffy.
I have managed so far to remind myself to check on our ladybirds, both seem to have settled down and gone back to sleep.
One very endearingly inside a clematis flower.
I will have another go. Thanks to all for your advice.
I shall try the wet kitchen paper. Thank you