There's a ladybug following me everywhere since yesterday.

[pmdj@mstdn.social]

@_elena I suppose if someone in the neighbourhood has a greenhouse for growing vegetables, that would probably be a good spot too - I'd expect other insects to be active in there already. That is, assuming the owners don't use insecticides, anyway.

[fruitcakesareyum@mastodon.social]

@_elena

Not sure elsewhere, but in my culture, ladybugs are "good luck" symbols.

And supposedly they eat the bad bugs that kill plants, so if you have a plant somewhere, put it there. It'll help you.

[gorfram@beige.party]

@_elena
Photographic proof!
I actually have two potato rocks/rock potatoes: a Yukon gold and a baby red.

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@Gorfram 🤩 here’s mine (or rather: my daughter’s and she doesn’t want me to borrow it for the ladybug, she’s holding on to it like a treasure)

[pipe_dreams@mk.absturztau.be]

@agturcz@circumstances.run @_elena@mastodon.social Yeah i read that on a chinese slice of life web comic... Any insect, really. Butterflies, dragonflies, beetles. I think that it is a very nice way to think of both insects and remember your loved ones.

Sadly it's probably not possible to care for a ladybug unless you have a plant infested with aphids. They are tiny predators. Their larvae even more, to the point they are called aphid lions in German.

[pipe_dreams@mk.absturztau.be]

@agturcz@circumstances.run @_elena@mastodon.social
I can really recommend this for a healthy wholesome portrayal of relationship. Its both nerdy and very romantic.
https://www.webtoons.com/en/slice-of-life/my-giant-nerd-boyfriend
The reference is in there ultiple times but I can't seem to find it in thousands of episodes.

[kitsunevixi@sakurajima.social]

@_elena@mastodon.social I don't have any tips, but they are a type of beetle so it might be worth consulting a Japanese schoolboy. They're experts!

[gorfram@beige.party]

@_elena That is indeed a very potato-ey rock.

I’m sure the ladybug won’t mind admiring it from afar. 🐞

[janvlug@mastodon.social]

@_elena I saw a ladybug outside today in the Netherlands. We have some relative warm days though, at the moment.

[mcduncanlab@mstdn.social]

@_elena

I have some aphids she can eat.

Actually, such a bummer, we made it most of the winter without an outbreak and now we're overrun with them. I think they might have come in on a live parsley plant I planted last month.

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@zuru thanks for the advice! I asked my mom if I could put the nice ladybug on the basil plant my mom keeps downstairs but got a firm no.

I was careful with water and sprinkled the makeshift home i made for her with literally 3 drops... but she wasn't all that interested and hasn't visited me in my room all afternoon 🥲