Insects hotel middle 19x30x9cm

insect Hotel

Many insects are very useful for people and the environment; they pollinate flowers and provide an ecological balance by controlling insect pests. Additionally, insects are an important part of the ecological cycle, even in the garden!
Pests and many disturbances of the natural habitat of wild bee species eg lacewings and has significantly reduced the number of natural nesting and wintering sites. In the Netherlands, some bee species threatened with extinction!

The Insect Hotel offers beneficial insects in the summer a nesting and resting place, and in the cold months a suitable winter quarters. The beneficial insects nest to their own needs in the different rooms.

User insect hotel

The Insect Hotel in sunny, wind and rain sheltered place, at least at knee height, Place or hang. The best you can while directing the front of the Insect Hotel to the south, southwest and southeast. It is intended, the Insect Hotel to leave in the winter, otherwise the beneficial insects prematurely driven from their nest.

Residents insect hotel

1 Ladybugs

Ladybug settles preferably in dense, natural materials. They are very effective in controlling aphids in the garden. They are mostly active during the day and use it as a stopover Hotel Insects. They also use the hotel for the winter.



2 Mason Bees

The cavities in the wood provide the ideal breeding area for the mason. These wild bee species lays its eggs in a hole and lays bricks then closed. If the bees are hatched, they gnaw spring their way out. Adult mason bees and their larvae feed on pollen and nectar, which they get from plants from the area. It is therefore important to put a lot of different flowers, trees and shrubs in the garden. Especially popular are early bloomers such as the hyacinth and the blossoms of apples and strawberries.



3 Graaf Wasps

Count wasps use plant waste and cut branches and nesting. They are extremely useful helpers in the fight against aphids, cicadas, and leaf beetle larvae. The count wasps excavated straight corridors in the medulla of the plant stems and put their offspring off there.



4 Butterflies

Butterflies, for example, brimstone, peacock, small tortoiseshell and Admiral use insect hotel as a winter residence and as shelter during bad weather. In winter, look for butterflies cool rooms and they hibernate in holes.



5 Wild bees

Wild bees, such as various types of mask bees found in hollow steal shelter and suitable nesting. Mask Bees are as many wild summer bees, fond of many different (native) plants like cornflowers and feeds on their nectar.



6 Lacewings and ladybirds

In the pull-apart natural materials, in particular, lacewings and ladybirds to. Gauze Flies feed on aphids, thrips and mealybugs and honeydew and nectar. Also popular are herbs like parsley, fennel and celery. They make it all year using the Insect Hotel as a shelter.