Made from natural birch, this Tower Ladybird House has a central chamber for ladybirds to safely hibernate in over the cold winter months.
The Ladybird home comes with a pole attached to allow it to be positioned in the best place in your garden, which will ideally be in a relatively sheltered spot and away from prevailing wind.
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With many species of invertebrate in decline in the UK and including once-common Ladybirds, this Ladybird House can help a very local population in your garden by providing them with a safe and dry place to hibernate. Made from a natural log of birch which has been hollowed out, the lady bird house comes complete with a pole to allow it to be positioned in a sheltered spot in your garden.
For larger gardens or even quite small but with plenty of plants, a number of ladybird houses is likely to help a population of ladybirds survive the winter and complete their annual lifecycle.
The Ladybird House has a natural central chamber for ladybirds to hibernate in. The Ladybird House comes with a pole attached for easy positioning in the right place in your garden.
Where’s the best place to put a Ladybird house?
A Ladybird house is best placed close to shrubs or other plants and in a relatively sheltered spot in a garden which won’t be too affected by strong winds and rain.
When should I put out my ladybird house?
To give the best chance of the lady bird house being used in the winter months for hibernation, get it in place by late summer.
What time of year can I expect to find Ladybirds in the house?
Usually by October, though it can be later if the weather remains mild. Come March and April, ladybirds will emerge from hibernation and start looking for food.
What can I feed to Ladybirds?
Once into a ladybird house for the winter, these small beetles will not eat at all. When they emerge in the spring they will eat aphids and other small insects, with the same basic diet continuing throughout the summer. Therefore you can’t really directly provide food for ladybirds to eat, but what you can do is create suitable habitat in your garden to encourage insects and other invertebrates to thrive.
How do you attract ladybugs to a ladybug house?
The best way is to carefully consider where the ladybug house is positioned in your garden, with an ideal spot being one where it’s close to vegetation, relatively sheltered and not facing prevailing wind.