Is this uncommon for this time of year? The other day we noticed a ladybird crawling on our kitchen window and thought it should be asleep by now, but after 5 days of walking up and down it is still there very much alive and energetic. I am wondering what it is living on and will it survive without me catching it or should I catch it and put it in a containor untill spring time? . If I catch it when do I release it back into the garden?.Hope you can answere my queery bye
Is is near anywhere warm? If it is the warmth could have disturbed it from hibernation. Or he could have ended up being carried into the house on something that he was hibernating on. If it isn't getting cool enough he might not go back into hibernation.
A good few years ago, we had a ladybird end up in our house, my dad had got the ladder out of the shed and he must have been hibernating on that and fell off as the ladders were being carried upstairs. I thought he was a apple pip on the stairs at first! I called him Tad and kept him in a tin in my room over the winter and released him in the spring. I had some ladybird food to attract ladybirds to the garden and fed him that, he didn't half grow over the winter! He did go back into hibernation (and escaped once too)! We didn't want to put him back outside because he had woken up and we thought that the shock of the cold outside could kill him if he was put back in the shed. He seemed quite happy living in his tin over the winter lol
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Helo Rebecca, welcome to the forum.
Don't really know the answer to that question but KatTai obviously does. Hope it survives.
Regards
Kerry
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KatTai said: A good few years ago, we had a ladybird end up in our house, my dad had got the ladder out of the shed and he must have been hibernating on that and fell off as the ladders were being carried upstairs. I thought he was a apple pip on the stairs at first! I called him Tad and kept him in a tin in my room over the winter and released him in the spring. I had some ladybird food to attract ladybirds to the garden and fed him that, he didn't half grow over the winter! He did go back into hibernation (and escaped once too)! We didn't want to put him back outside because he had woken up and we thought that the shock of the cold outside could kill him if he was put back in the shed. He seemed quite happy living in his tin over the winter lol
Hi KatTai
Bless your heart! well done you, I don't think it would have occurred to me to put the ladybird somewhere. What a lovely story.
Unknown said: Hi KatTai Bless your heart! well done you, I don't think it would have occurred to me to put the ladybird somewhere. What a lovely story.
Hi Kezmo,
I enjoyed having my ladybird pet, must have been about this time of year he came into the house too! I think my dad was having to get the Christmas decorations out of the loft...
Hi,
most winters ladybirds hibernate/ overwinter in the ivy on my garage.
This year there is one in the car boot as well :))
:))
S
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Thanks very much for that information I will see to it that it can have a nice little spot to sleep in as I think it should be asleep now and will release it in spring, once more thank you very much.
KatTai said: Is is near anywhere warm? If it is the warmth could have disturbed it from hibernation. Or he could have ended up being carried into the house on something that he was hibernating on. If it isn't getting cool enough he might not go back into hibernation. A good few years ago, we had a ladybird end up in our house, my dad had got the ladder out of the shed and he must have been hibernating on that and fell off as the ladders were being carried upstairs. I thought he was a apple pip on the stairs at first! I called him Tad and kept him in a tin in my room over the winter and released him in the spring. I had some ladybird food to attract ladybirds to the garden and fed him that, he didn't half grow over the winter! He did go back into hibernation (and escaped once too)! We didn't want to put him back outside because he had woken up and we thought that the shock of the cold outside could kill him if he was put back in the shed. He seemed quite happy living in his tin over the winter lol