page_title: Insect hotel
section_title: Different hotels for different insects
hierarchical_section_title: Insect hotel / Different hotels for different insects
caption_attribution_description: English: Ladybird hotel
context_page_description: An insect hotel, also known as a bug hotel or insect house, is a manmade structure created to provide shelter for insects. They can come in a variety of shapes and sizes depending on the specific purpose or specific insect it is catered to. Most consist of several different sections that provide insects with nesting facilities – particularly during winter, offering shelter or refuge for many types of insects. Their purposes include hosting pollinators.
context_section_description: Good materials to build insect hotels with can include using dry stone walls or old tiles. Drilled holes in the hotel materials also encourage insects to leave larvae to gestate. Therefore, different materials, such as stones and woods are recommended for a wide range and diversity of insect life. Logs and bark, and bound reeds and bamboo are also often used. The various components or sizes of holes to use as entry of an insect hotel attract different species.  Ready-made insect hotels are also found at garden centers, and particularly ecological and educational conservational centers and organisations.
caption: Ladybird hotel
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