[{"id":243161301185,"handle":"bugs-beetles-insects","updated_at":"2025-02-21T14:02:02+00:00","published_at":"2021-01-28T09:39:43+00:00","sort_order":"manual","template_suffix":"","published_scope":"web","title":"Bugs, Beetles \u0026 Insects","body_html":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe share our gardens with many creatures. Knowing which are the helpful ones, ensures gardeners give them a home. Some of these beneficial insects help by eating the pests that damage plants and crops. Others perform the vital task of breaking down decaying material. Also, pollinating insects help ensure colourful flowers keep blooming year after year and that you have a bountiful harvest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt’s always best to provide beneficial insects, bugs and beetles with water, food and shelter. Your garden will become an inviting home for them. Many of these beneficial insects will need alternative food sources such as pollen and nectar. As they often appear in the garden before the pests, they need something to eat whilst they wait. Attracting a wide range of insects and getting them to stay in your garden can be achieved by offering a diversity of early blooming plants and the addition of a beneficial insect home or habitat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChildren love bugs and mini beasts, and their happy investigation is to be encouraged. Wildlife World provides all kinds of interactive insect habitats, field guides, bug boards. And finally, insect tubes to make their own minibeast homes.\u003c\/p\u003e","image":{"created_at":"2021-02-15T11:24:48+00:00","alt":null,"width":900,"height":934,"src":"\/\/wildlifeworldtrade.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/collections\/bugs_beetles_insects_900x_230c2dc8-920c-406b-a1fe-053bafc486a3.jpg?v=1613388288"}},{"id":243162513601,"handle":"ladybirds-lacewings","updated_at":"2025-02-21T12:25:16+00:00","published_at":"2021-01-28T09:50:53+00:00","sort_order":"manual","template_suffix":"","published_scope":"web","title":"Ladybirds \u0026 Lacewings","body_html":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLadybirds and lacewing larvae are the gardener’s friend. They like nothing more than to eat up lots of plants destroying aphids and the mould enticing ‘honeydew’ that aphids leave behind—providing natural protection for both our vegetable crops and flower beds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA ladybird’s habitat in nature tends to be small shrubs, trees and grass. Most species can be found everywhere in the U.K as long as there is an adequate food supply. Sheltered areas such as dense vegetation, under tree bark and in garden sheds are prime locations for hibernation. They are often found, in these sites, huddled together in large groups to over-winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLadybirds require a source of pollen for food as they do not just feed on aphids. Planting flowers and herbs such as geraniums, marigolds, dill, parsley, and thyme will help attract and provide the ladybirds in your garden. A good practice is to place a ladybird house or habitat, much like the ones below, within a flower bed. Will act as a shelter source during summer months and suitable lodgings for hibernation ready for the following year.\u003c\/p\u003e","image":{"created_at":"2021-02-15T11:20:25+00:00","alt":null,"width":900,"height":934,"src":"\/\/wildlifeworldtrade.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/collections\/ladybirds_900x_cf84b396-708f-4653-bfe6-b5f23e555fa4.jpg?v=1613388025"}},{"id":291892658369,"handle":"when-its-gone-its-gone","updated_at":"2025-02-21T14:00:24+00:00","published_at":"2023-01-31T09:33:07+00:00","sort_order":"manual","template_suffix":"","published_scope":"web","title":"When It's Gone, It's Gone","body_html":""}]
We accept no returns on these When It's Gone It's Gone products, they may have slight cosmetic imperfections but nothing that will affect their use.
This new insect home has many different textures, crevices and hollows, making it a multi-species home. You may attract ladybirds, lacewings, solitary bees and possibly over-wintering butterflies.
The natural split log design has an opening lid that reveals the inner bug barn. You can add your choice of bug nesting material here, such as bark, straw or dried flower stems. The log walls are thick and chunky, so they are well-insulated & provide a cosy sanctuary for your friendly bugs.
The barn also combines bee tubes and drilled bee tubes which can be used by pollinating bees such as Mason Bees or Leafcutter bees.
All NEW designs for multiple insect species
Made of FSC-certified timber from sustainable sources
Ideal for ladybird larvae which eat aphids
It can be used with Ladybird Attractant Food
Site your Bug Barn next to lawns, sheltered flower beds, wooded glades or even in planters
