Wildlife Worlds Ladybird Towers are the easy way to encourage Ladybirds into your garden this year so why not combine with this ladybird food. Ladybirds are beneficial garden predators & eat a wide variety of pest species like aphids, scale insects, mealy bugs etc. By increasing the number of ladybirds in your garden, you are able to reduce the amount of chemicals used, as the ladybirds will control these pests in a natural & environmentally friendly way. It is estimated that one ladybird may eat over 4000 aphids in its life! Wildlife World Ladybird Food is designed to encourage the ladybirds into your ladybird tower, bug box or insect hotel so they will over-winter there. It is most effective applied in autumn, simply mix a little food with a drop of water in a small dish to form a paste & apply to ladybird tower entrance holes or the face of the overwintering tubes. Food sachets should be kept cool & dry & once opened will last for up to 4 months. Key Featurespacked with natural fruits & vitamins Most effective if applied in autumn Designed to encourage ladybirds into your ladybird tower Will last up to 4 months once open