Beneficial Insect & Hedgehog Habitats
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Attracting Ladybirds, lacewings, bumblebees and butterflies, amongst others are all possible with the habitats in this section - provide for these beneficial insects in the garden with one of these natural wooden houses and you will be rewarded as they feed on problem garden aphids and pests. By using one insect to control another, you can achieve very effective results with aphid problems without using pesticides and with no danger to humans, pets or beneficial creatures.
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This attractive Butterfly Habitat/Feeder combines a safe over wintering and interactive habitat with a central feed station - the perfect place for butterflies to hang out. The central feed sponge can be charged with a sugar/water solution to encourage colourful visitors butterflies to the feed station/habitat, who will use the house for roosting.
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Ladybirds and bees work hard in the garden, so it's only fair to reward them with a comfy place to live - and the Bee and Ladybird Box is all that and more! The box is made from cedar which is renowned for resisting rotting, damage from water and warping and siting it close to vegetation and ground cover will have the solitary bees and ladybirds making a 'beeline' for their new home!
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Create the perfect environment for attracting mason bees - and other species of non-swarming, non-aggressive solitary bees - to the garden. The 30 nesting tubes are buried into the log, providing well insuated homes for the residents, all of which are excellent pollinators of fruit, vegetables and flowers.
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The Ladybird Log Tower will encourage the beneficial ladybirds into your garden - an adult ladybird may eat up to 5000 aphids during its lifetime - attracting ladybirds into the garden is a must for anyone with an aphid problem.
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Attract a new best friend to the garden with this durable Cedar Hedgehog Habitat. The waterproof and insulated roof will keep you slug-devouring buddy warm and dry throughout the harsh winter months, and he'll repay you come spring when he's hungry!
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The Insect Theatre has a unique solar lighting system which automatically lights up at dusk to attract the moths, lacewings, butterflies and other interesting flying insects to leave you with much to study when it turns off at dawn. Complete with side door to add material and to remove insects and several solitary Bee nesting holes.
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Help natural pollination of flowers, herbs, fruit and vegetables in the garden by providing nesting habitat with this quality solitary bee box.
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Hibernating toads will welcome a wonderful winter retreat and will more than pay you back in spring by devouring slugs, nocturnal insects and larvae. Introduce this attractive and unobtrusive Terracotta Toad House to a damp corner of the garden immediately and welcome your own pest control officer!
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Attract a new best friend to the garden with this durable Cedar Hedgehog Habitat. The waterproof and insulated roof will keep you slug-devouring buddy warm and dry throughout the harsh winter months, and he'll repay you come spring when he's hungry! Position the winter retreat with the entrance away prevailing winds and choose a sheltered, quiet part of the garden.
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This frost resistant ceramic frog and toad house, the 'Frogitat', with a mottled and part glazed finish, sits prettily when sited in a shady and damp area. The open front is cool in the summer whilst the ‘over-wintering shelf’ inside is warm for winter, after which they’ll appear just in time to eat slugs and snails.
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