- Shoebox or any small cardboard box
A selection of bug friendly materials, here are a few suggestions of what to use and what kind of animals you might get moving in:
............Straw and hay make great bug hibernation sites
............Twig bundles - bigger insects love these
.............Dead wood brings in beetles, woodlice, and ladybirds
.............Dry leaves mimic the forest floor and will bring in all kinds of bugs
.............Loose bark chips will attract beetles, centipedes, spiders, woodlice – all the animals that break down wood
.............Old garden canes or a piece of wood with some holes drilled in it make a great home for solitary bees
.............An old terracotta flower pot turned upside down makes a great spot for a bumble bee nest – try adding some nice soft moss to entice them in!
The most important thing is to use natural materials that bugs love, so get creative and don’t limit yourself to these suggestions – you could add pine cones, old slates or bricks, anything you fancy (some people even put their old woolly jumpers in their bug houses).
As a bonus, most of us already have some great bug house material just lying around in our gardens, so you can do a bit of recycling too.
Here are some of the bug houses I found on line.......
or how about this one????
The above idea came from 'the bug club' website - click on the bug below for the link
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