Live Ladybugs - Approximately 4500 + Hirt's Nature Nectar&trade; If temperatures are over 85 degrees F. in your area, please choose expedited shipping. A favorite "good bug," ladybugs have been a popular beneficial insects for the past 20 years When released at sundown (because they don't fly at night), ladybugs eat aphids, mealy bugs, scale, leaf hoppers, and other destructive pests They keep on eating until the bad guys are gone Ladybugs prefer to eat aphids and will devour up to 50 a day You will receive approximately 4,500 live Lady Bugs plus Hirt's Nature Nectar