Beneficial Insects like Ladybird (which eat aphids, scale insects, mealy bugs & spider mites) can be encouraged using this food/attractant into a garden area or Natural Predator Box. Use from early Spring onward, food will last up to four months; keep cool & dry & mix a small amount with a drop of water in a saucer & smear on feed area or onto Predator Box feed hole or surfaces. Ladybird food is non toxic & not harmful to the environment Formulated by Specialists. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN One Ladybird may eat over 4000 Aphids in its life.