A ladybird in the hand... The value of our scarlet friends

The ladybird does much more than toxic pesticides you might be thinking of using, writes Peter Dowdall.

THE answers to most of our garden pest problems can be found in the great outdoors without having to resort to opening a bottle of poison. Aphids — greenfly, for example, which feed on roses — and many other garden favourites are regarded as a delicacy by our ladybird friends.