Hey katj! Aphids have arrived here also, and my 1000 ladybugs will be picked up on Saturday. They are in a can and are to be kept in the regrigerator (does this sound right??) until I am ready to put them outside. What I have to do is (wait till you hear this!) dilute a can of Coca-Cola 1:1 with water, and put it into a spray bottle. Dump the chilled ladybugs (guess that keeps them from flying?) onto a large cookie sheet, and spray them with the diluted Coca-cola. After they are all sprayed, wait a few minutes then put them on your plants. The soda mixture hardens and will keep them from flying away, they come out of the can very hungry, and will eat your aphids. I guess as soon as it rains (or you rinse your plants!) the water will wash off the soda mixture? Hmmmm, think I'll double check these instructions when I pick up my can-o-ladybugs! good luck! Val (who wonders if guy at the nursery was serious or not!) Suz wrote: > > Hi all, > > Is there an easy way to spray the undersides of the leaves for aphids on > short chile plants, without spraying oneself in the face or being some sort > of contortionist? The aphids have arrived and my 1500 lady bugs flew away > home. > > -- Valerie / Breeze ICQ# 3953329 http://www.Geocities.com/Heartland/Shores/3983/peppers.html