Ladybirds (Tomato) Ladybeetles. Cut the cherry tomatoes in half now, using a toothpick or pointed object, either poke holes in the half cherry tomatoes and poke black pepper corns into the holes to create beetle dots or dip toothpick into the vegemite and dab onto the cherry tomato half to create beetle dots and carefully place the cherry tomato half onto the prepared baguette garden. Ladybugs, ladybirds, and lady beetles (Family Coccinellidae). These beetles have been loved by gardeners for years.
These bugs feed on various other insects found on or near tomato plants, including aphids, spider mites and ants. Since both mites and aphids reproduce quickly to establish large colonies, ladybugs have become the natural balance to keep these insects from overpopulating an area. The "good" ladybugs are the ones that stay in your garden devouring all the insects that invade your plants, seeking shelter outdoors when the weather is cold; the "bad" ladybugs have the same voracious appetite for aphids and other destructive bugs, but, unfortunately, they like to come indoors when it gets cold. You can have Ladybirds (Tomato) Ladybeetles using 20 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Ladybirds (Tomato) Ladybeetles
- Prepare of tiger baguette, french stick or bread stick of your choice.
- It's of Some olive oil or butter or marge , your choice.
- You need of cherry tomatoes.
- You need of blueberries.
- It's of fresh baby lettuce leaves, whole.
- Prepare of thin slices of cheese of your choice, i used vintage.
- Prepare of Few slices pastrami or cold meat of your choice.
- You need of Few slices of prosciutto, optional.
- It's of fresh basil leaves, whole.
- Prepare of fresh oregano leaves, whole.
- You need of sprigs of fresh coriander leaves, whole.
- It's of fresh stevia sugar leaves, optional, whole.
- It's of fresh parsley sprigs.
- Prepare of fresh chives broke in half, i used garlic chives.
- Prepare of fresh sprigs of dill.
- It's of mayonnaise.
- It's of vegemite, optional.
- You need of pepper corn per baguette slice.
- Prepare of salt per baguette slice.
- It's of Few cracks of pepper per baguette slice.
Another thing you can do to help bring ladybugs to the garden is to eliminate use of insecticides. Insecticides will kill ladybugs the same as they will kill harmful bugs. Placing shallow plates of water for ladybugs to drink out will also help attract ladybugs. You can also build ladybug houses to provide shelter for your ladybugs.
Ladybirds (Tomato) Ladybeetles instructions
- Slice baguette into about 1/2 inch slices and either butter , marg or lightly olive oil one side of each baguette slice ..
- Place one or two whole baby lettuce leaves onto the prepared baguette slice to start the base ..
- On half of the baguette slices with lettuce place a thin slice of cheese of your choice ontop of the lettuce leaves followed by a bit of the pastrami , prosciutto or cold meat of your choice ontop of the cheese slice ..
- Now arrange the whole fresh basil , oregano , corianda , parsley , chives , and Stevia leaves ontop of all the prepared baguettes , with or without cold meat and cheese to create a leafy garden affect ..
- Cut the cherry tomatoes in half now , using a toothpick or pointed object , either poke holes in the half cherry tomatoes and poke black pepper corns into the holes to create beetle dots or dip toothpick into the vegemite and dab onto the cherry tomato half to create beetle dots and carefully place the cherry tomato half onto the prepared baguette garden ..
- Using a clean toothpick or pointed object , dip the toothpick into the mayonnaise and carefully place two dots onto the blueberry as to create eyes for the beetle and carefully place the blueberry onto the prepared baguette in front of the cherry tomato as to create a head for the bug ..
- Place a couple a sprigs of dill under or around the blueberry on the baguette as to make like the beetle is eating it ..
- Sprinkle the prepared baguette beetles with salt and a few cracks of cracked pepper ..
- NOTE : Don't add any cracked pepper to the end if you use cracked pepper to create the dots on the beetle back otherwise it will be too peppery ..
- Arrange beetled baguettes on a platter and serve . enjoy . :-) ..
When ladybugs or lady beetles are found on a crape myrtle, they typically have laid hundreds of eggs right in middle of the aphids. As soon as the eggs hatch they start feasting on the aphids. Ladybugs can rescue a crape myrtle and even a crop from aphids when the timing is right! Nature is amazing when caught on camera. Do Ladybugs Lay Eggs Once Released?