Ooh, polls.

[firstfrost]

[Poll #736069]

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[firstfrost.livejournal.com]

Well, where else do you keep your ladybugs?

[desireearmfeldt]

A jar is traditional.

Or on plants. They're good for plants.

[firstfrost.livejournal.com]

Er, perhaps I should clarify that "in the refrigerator" means "in a jar in the refrigerator" rather than "free range ladybugs in the refrigerator." :)

[desireearmfeldt]

That does in fact change my mental image, but leaves me more baffled than before.

Whose refrigerator?

[firstfrost.livejournal.com]

My refrigerator, but still only hypothetically. (tirinian thinks that the answer is Just Not Right, so it'll probably stay hypothetical).

To explain the premise more:
There are aphids on the rosebushes outside. One can buy ladybugs at Pemberton Farms. However, it would be silly to dump several hundred ladybugs on one eight-inch rosebush, all at the same time. If you leave the ladybugs in the jar at room temperature, they run around and get bored and hungry. If you put them in the fridge, they hibernate for the winter until you need them. (Similar things are done with mealworms for those whose pets eat them.)

[twe.livejournal.com]

Well, you guys do still have my little half fridge somewhere, in addition to your big fridge, right? Why not plug that it and put them in there?

[jdbakermn.livejournal.com]

I'd agree with the half-fridge idea. In fact, I was going to suggest that before I saw twe beat me to the punch.

Oh, and "in a jar" definitely changed my mental image. Not quite as "just not right", but I still wouldn't want them in *my* fridge.