Hotel for Insects / myLot

@Ronrybs (19789)

London, England

January 27, 2025 3:03pm CST

Out and about on my travels, in the City, I ended up by the Millennium Bridge and near a small garden, on the Thames Embankment. I found an insect hotel. Designed for single insects, like solitary bees and other creepy crawlies. Fairly sure the hotel wasn’t there last Autumn and there seem to be no residents at the moment. I have been thinking about getting something similar for the jungle I call my garden. There is quite a range of styles and I have not made my mind up yet, on which one to get.

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rakski

@rakski (129845)

• Philippines

27 Jan

Good luck to your garden. It can be helpful or not

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rakski

@rakski (129845)

• Philippines

28 Jan

@Ronrybs they are helpful in the garden at times just not inside the house

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (19789)

• London, England

28 Jan

Helping creepy crawlies, what more could a garden want!

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (19789)

• London, England

22h

@rakski Except spiders, I leave them alone and save them from curious cats!

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@DaddyEvil (139778)

• United States

27 Jan

I've seen those in some of the parks around here. I never see any insects in the holes, though. We don't really have a garden at this house, just a flower bed in front by the front door.

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (19789)

• London, England

28 Jan

Yes, I suspect that the one in the photo probably has too many people moving about for insects, but you never know! I guess you could have one near the flower bed

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@DaddyEvil (139778)

• United States

29 Jan

@Ronrybs During the Summer, we've been seeing carpenter bees here. They make their own holes in any unpainted wood they can find, then other insects try to use those holes. I don't really want to encourage bugs around the flowerbed.

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (19789)

• London, England

22h

@DaddyEvil I quite enjoy seeing butterflies and bees around flowers and try to encourage them.

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much2say

@much2say (56815)

• Los Angeles, California

28 Jan

A hotel

? I guess our yard is essentially a campsite for insects when they come to visit

- some of them "think" our house is a hotel

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (19789)

• London, England

28 Jan

I did have some ants who used to invade the kitchen, but they didn't visit last summer. Over here, there is a decline of flying insects and this seems to have lead to a similar decline in the number of small birds

OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (90990)

• Arvada, Colorado

27 Jan

Well I never!

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (19789)

• London, England

28 Jan

I like things like this. I used to get a lot of butterflies in a corner of the garden that went to weed, but now it is tidied up a bit, not very many these days

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (90990)

• Arvada, Colorado

29 Jan

@Ronrybs Oh the lovely butterflies..I know what you mean Ron.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (51121)

• United States

28 Jan

That’s a nice looking insect hotel.

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (19789)

• London, England

28 Jan

I am looking at one that is a bunch of hollow sticks in a little house. Very rustic looking

Judy Evans

@JudyEv (344643)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Jan

Thee are a great idea and are getting more popular here. Some have very varied 'units' for propective tenants. Some hotels are very popular and seem to have lots of inhabitants. Don't forget to show us a photo of yours once you get it.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (344643)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Jan

@Ronrybs Some have different size units for different insects. I don't know if they like communal housing or not.