[{"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":243186925761,"handle":"education-range","updated_at":"2025-02-21T12:25:15+00:00","published_at":"2021-01-28T11:15:23+00:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","published_scope":"web","title":"Education Range","body_html":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt’s never too early to introduce children to the natural environment and the wildlife that lives there, with abundant opportunities to have fun outdoors, whatever the weather. Many adults have fond memories from their childhoods of climbing trees and getting muddy in the British countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAccording to research by the RSPB and National Trust, these are memories many of today’s children aren’t living. Only 1 in 5 children have a connection to nature, and time spent playing outdoors has halved in just one generation. The value of a connection to nature during childhood has a range of benefits, including; health, education, community and environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith the importance of a natural childhood in mind, Wildlife World has developed the mini bug collection, designed specially to educate and entertain children in their gardens or outdoor areas. Moreover, to help create another generation of childhood memories.\u003c\/p\u003e","image":{"created_at":"2021-02-15T11:05:24+00:00","alt":"Wildlife World Crittacabin","width":1500,"height":1500,"src":"\/\/wildlifeworldtrade.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/collections\/Childrens_Activities.jpg?v=1617095284"}},{"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"}}]
Our handmade bespoke wildlife products can take up to six weeks to build and deliver if we don't have them in stock.
Our new Minibeast HQ is an interactive minibeast central destination.
Some rooms come ready-furnished to suit solitary bees or invertebrates such as ladybirds, lacewings, spiders, and woodlice. Some rooms are left empty to allow you to add your own natural materials to attract other critters and minibeasts. At the bottom of Minibeast HQ is a mini mammal house, which provides a cool dark refuge for shrews, field mice or even frogs and toads.
The HQ is made of sturdy FSC-certified timber from sustainable sources with a second-life re-cycled plastic roof & fixing bracket for waterproofing and stability.
The top 6 rooms of the HQ are prefilled as follows.
Drilled logs provide insulated holes for solitary bees.
Small drilled canes are also for solitary bees.
Large canes for spiders, invertebrates & beneficial insects
Pine cones, latte balls & bark for various minibeasts
Other materials you could use include twigs, straw, hay, leaf litter etc., to add to the hotel's diversity and attract as many species as possible. The hinged door allows access to inspect the rooms.
