Have you seen any Ladybugs this year?

I get hundreds in the spring and fall, apparently they spend the winter under my back yard. Had never counted the spots, so I went out and found a couple of dead ones on a basement window sill, one had 17 spots, the other had none.

I live in central Oklahoma. A couple months ago I was digging up dandelions with my handy-dandy new tool and dug into a nest of baby ladybugs (several hundred it seemed) , I avoided that area because I didn't want to harm them. I saw older ones a couple weeks later on my plants in the backyard.

If it's of any interest I haven't put chemicals on my grass in several years, no weed-killers or bug poisons. That may be why I found a nest of them down in the soil. Could what people are spraying their yards with be killing them before they have a chance to hatch out in the soil???

the only thing i can remember about ladybugs is an old saying from my childhood - "ladybug, ladybug...fly away home...your house is on fire and your children are alone." Perhaps this could mean that you need to spend more time on your relationship.

I have seen a few here in the mountains. It is probably too hot in other places for them. I do not use weed killer or spray either. I have had humming birds and lots of butterflies and squirrels, even some bees and Carpenter bees. The bees were dying out for a long time. Farmers have started keeping them again and releasing some of them.

Just this year we have had no ladybugs or monarch butterflies. I planted Lantana in my pots. Usually the butterflies are flocking to them, but not a one now. I thought it may be the very hot weather, but unsure as to why. Also the honeybees are no where to be found.

If you live in the country you will see them more often than in the city. I would really like to see them if I had a rose garden because they like to dine on aphids. Their larvae also eat aphids and they are wicked looking creatures. They may be rare because the suburbs have displaced their habitats and because of insecticides. Here is a jingle I learned as a small boy.

Lady bug Lady bug fly away home your house is on fire and your children will burn.

Funny you should ask this question now.

Two days ago I was walking back form the hospital, and on one straight road, i must have seen hundreds, they were all on the ground near the trees? (Many dead)

Don't know why.

Last year I didn't see any.

Now that you mention it, no, I haven't seen one since spring. Last year at this time every time I vacuumed I picked up numerous bodies from under furniture, but not this year.

I haven't seen any lately but I saw one a long while back which I caught and put in my house plant but I have not seen it since :(.

Now that you mention it...no I haven't, and I love ladybugs! I haven't seen one bumblebee this year either, and 5-10 years ago they were everywhere.