| Two scrawny dogs and a lone cat are on the prowl, and the air is filled with swarms of ladybugs. |
| They are multicolored Asian ladybugs or ladybird beetles, first introduced to the southern United States to control aphids. |
| Other plants that also attract ladybugs include cosmos, coreopsis, and scented geraniums, dandelions. |
| But natural gardeners welcome such beneficials as ladybugs, lacewings and syrphids in their garden because they love to feast on aphids. |
| Hordes of ladybugs which commonly swarm along gulches of the Falls Trail in winter are not yet evident. |
| Insecticides will kill the butterfly larvae as well as the aphids, so allow ladybugs time to eliminate them. |
