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Build a bug hotel

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Choose a flat, firm part of your garden to build

your hotel. Where you choose will decide what

kind of wildlife you attract:

cool conditions, while othe

n yours ructure

Your structure needs gaps so creatures can

get in and out. Old wooden pallets are a great

ice – ask an adult to help ch

’t have any you can use pla

u up

Place four bricks on the ground to form a solid

base for your hotel, then start to pile the wooden

on top. Leave some space in the bottom

encourage hedgehogs to stop by.

4

Customise tel

You can buil l as high as you like – just make sure it’s sturdy.

Or you can make a smaller structure to encourage smaller creatures to come

and v isit. Tr y building it by a tree for more cover.

5

Fill the gaps

The goal is to prov ide plent y of small hidey holes for creatures to nestle

in. Use things like tree bark, stones, dr y leaves and even corrugated

cardboard. You could also add a hedgehog box in the base.

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DON’T

DO IT

ALONE

IF YOU’RE UNDER

18, MAKE SURE YOU

HAVE AN ADULT

WITH YOU

SUMMARY

Minibeasts are every where in your garden, but

you can bring them all together w ith a hotel that

caters for different species. Woodlice, spiders,

beetles and centipedes like loose bark and

leaves, while large holes and stones offer frogs a

place to keep cool. A nd tr y drilling holes in

wood to give lonely bees a placetoshelter.

Topoffyourhotelw itha waterproof‘roof ’

– something like tiles or planks covered in roofing

felt. You can even sprinkle some rubble or gritt y

soil up there to encourage some greenery to grow.

Make it inviting

To encourage more critters to call at your

hotel, surround it with nectar-rich flowers. That’ll

bring bees, butterflies and other flying insects,

and prov ide cover to smaller ground-based bugs.

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