Handmade Mallards Bug Hotel
From Alister Barten, Mallards Farm, Waterham, Kent.
Mallards Farm made bug hotel to do your bit for the insect population!
Dimensions (cm) 105H x 25W x 15D
Mallards Bug Hotel
Designed to stand on the ground, and covered in a fine weldmesh.
Dimensions (cm) 105H x 25W x 15D
Top Floor / Loft
Hog weed stems as incubating hideouts (read up on the
Second Floor
Hazel twigs and catkins 2nd storey. Hazelwood is selected with catkns on for pollen , they a real flying insect magnet. Good for lacewings, spiders, and other crawling insects.
First Floor
Hog weed stems as incubating hideouts (read up on the
Ground Floor
Well rotted dry dung in the bottom to attract centipedes , woodlice, earwigs and lacewing grubs that live in damp environments.